2025 Best Biotechnology Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Biotechnology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #89 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for biotechnology students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 23 master's degrees in biotechnology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on biotechnology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other biotechnology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt biotechnology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biotechnology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for biotechnology students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The biotech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Biotechnology Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Biotechnology in New Jersey

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in biotechnology.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Master's in Biotech

1

William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ

10 Annual Graduates

William Paterson University of New Jersey is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in biotechnology. Located in the large suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in biotechnology from William Paterson University of New Jersey

2

Kean University
Union, NJ

13 Annual Graduates

Kean University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in biotechnology. Kean is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Union.More information about a master’s in biotechnology from Kean University

Best Biotechnology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Biotechnology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	79
Pennsylvania	248	82
Maryland	193	533
District of Columbia	154	39
Delaware	109	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biotech

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Biotechnology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Biotech Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Biotechnology	23

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	368
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	48
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	43
Pharmacology & Toxicology	32
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	13
Genetics	11
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	9
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	7
Botany/Plant Biology	1
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	1

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.