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Basic Certificate in Biology & Biotech Lab Technician

Basic Certificates in Biology & Biotech Lab Technician

733 Yearly Graduations
69% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 56% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 4.5% of biology tech graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Biology Tech Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 733 people earned their basic certificate in biology tech. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in biology tech at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Basic Certificate 733
Associate Degree 318
Undergraduate Certificate 147
Bachelor’s Degree 39
Master’s Degree 3

Earnings of Biology Tech Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for biology tech majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for biology tech students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in biology tech. About 68.8% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 229
Women 504
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The racial-ethnic distribution of biology tech basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 75
Black or African American 109
Hispanic or Latino 185
White 267
International Students 33
Other Races/Ethnicities 64
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to biology tech that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Science Technicians 902
Nuclear & Radiological Technology 125
General Science Technologies 3
Other Science Technologies 2

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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