A degree in biotechnology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #242 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of biotechnology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 85 degrees in biotechnology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of biotechnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biotechnology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Biotechnology Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the biotech degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in biotechnology has to check out Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #98 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were approximately 56 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat William Paterson University of New Jersey if you wish to pursue a degree in biotechnology. William Paterson University is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Wayne. This university ranks 16th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 14 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at William Paterson University in the most recent data year.
Kean University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in biotechnology. Located in the large suburb of Union, Kean is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 10 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent year we have data available.
Biotechnology is one of 0 different types of Biotechnology programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of biotechnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for biotechnology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
