by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 Brown University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in biotech, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Brown paid an average of $1,851 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $59,254 | $59,254 |
| Fees | $1,109 | $1,109 |
The median early career salary of biotech students who receive their master’s degree from Brown is $61,516 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $61,033.
Online degrees for the Brown biotech master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Brown Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in biotech in 2019-2020, 64.3% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 50.0% of the biotech master’s degrees at Brown in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Biotechnology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biotechnology | 14 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to biotechnology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 6 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 2 |
| Pharmacology & Toxicology | 1 |
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 21 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 11 |
*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.