The main focus area for this major is Biotechnology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Biotechnology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at University of Delaware. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in biotech, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UD was ranked #46 on College Factual's Best Schools for biotech list. It is also ranked #1 in Delaware.
Here are some of the other rankings for UD.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UD paid an average of $1,423 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $530 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,730 | $34,160 |
Fees | $1,930 | $1,930 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,472 | $13,472 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,800 | $1,800 |
Learn more about UD tuition and fees.
UD does not offer an online option for its biotech bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UD Online Learning page.
Women made up around 62.5% of the biotech students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in biotech at UD in 2019-2020, 50.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 45%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 3 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Biotechnology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biotechnology | 8 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 173 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 18 |
Zoology | 3 |
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 3 |
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 21 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities 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 racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.