2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Biotechnology

BIOTECHNOLOGY DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Biotechnology is an exceedingly unpopular subject. The typical subject awards 6,156 annual bachelor's degrees; 944 students were conferred bachelor's degrees in biotechnology last spring, making it the 217th most popular subject in the country. 75 of those students came out of one college, the University of Houston, and 125 of those alumni attended colleges in California.

97 institutions across the nation award undergraduate degrees in biotechnology; thus, it may often not be easy to find the right school. Undergraduate degrees in biotechnology are 49.5% less universally offered than the average focus, making it the 170th most widely offered degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 39% of last May's degrees in biotechnology were four-year degrees; 61% were postgrad degrees. Biotechnology is the 95th most popular postgraduate degree in the United States of America, with 1,486 degrees conferred. For some context, the average subject is 87% more popular among postgrad students than biotechnology.

In Total, 2,430 students received a bachelor's or higher in biotechnology last spring.

ONLINE BIOTECHNOLOGY DEGREES

273 of those 2,430 graduates (11.2%) earned their degrees entirely remotely - 0 undergrad students and 273 postgrad students. It's the 84th most popular online grad degree, and 55.7% south of the national average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE BIOTECHNOLOGY DEGREES

• 250 people last spring earned a four-year degree in biotechnology partially online
• Partially online bachelor's degrees in biotechnology are available at 95 institutions in the country
• Last spring, 425 students received a bachelor's or higher in biotechnology partially online
• The University of Houston​ awarded 35 partially online undergrad degrees in biotechnology, more than any other US college
• Last spring, 1,486 students earned advanced degrees in biotechnology partially online
• On average, each major had about 1,368 partially online undergrad degrees last spring

IN-PERSON BIOTECHNOLOGY DEGREES

• 693 students last spring completed an undergrad degree in biotechnology entirely in-person
• 1 schools in the US have an undergrad degree in biotechnology in-person
• 73.41% of all college degree in biotechnology are done exclusively in-person
• The University of California-Davis​ awarded 61 in-person undergrad degrees in biotechnology, more than any other college in the United States of America
• Last May, 1,039 students received comprehensively in-person postgrad degrees in biotechnology
• The typical field awards 4,293 annual bachelor's degrees in-person