2025 Best Biotechnology Schools in the Plains States Region

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 2 schools in the Plains States Region 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 64 degrees in biotechnology annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Biotechnology Schools List

Biotechnology Rankings by Degree Level

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 the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Biotechnology in the Plains States Region

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.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Biotech

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11.1% Growth in Graduates

University of Kansas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in biotechnology. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in biotechnology from University of Kansas

2

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12.0% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Nebraska at Omaha if you wish to pursue a degree in biotechnology. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Omaha.More information about a degree in biotechnology from University of Nebraska at Omaha

Best Biotechnology Colleges by State

Explore the best biotechnology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	5
Missouri	693	0
Iowa	648	4
Kansas	599	8
Nebraska	500	22
North Dakota	416	5
South Dakota	381	22

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biotech

One of 0 majors within the Biotechnology area of study, Biotechnology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

More about our data sources and methodologies.