2025 Best Biotechnology Master's Degree Schools in New York
4
Colleges in New York
72
Master's Degrees
If you plan on getting your master's degree in
biotechnology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #89 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for biotechnology students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 72 master's degrees in biotechnology to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Biotechnology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of biotechnology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality biotech program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to biotechnology students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of biotechnology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for biotechnology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized biotechnology related body.
Our full 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.
More Ways to Rank Biotechnology Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biotechnology Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.