2024 Best Biotechnology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of biotechnology. Combined, these schools handed out 19 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for biotechnology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Biotechnology Schools

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 the Rocky Mountains Region.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Biotechnology in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for biotechnology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Biotech

1

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in biotechnology needs to look into Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo.More information about a master’s in biotechnology from Brigham Young University - Provo

2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

4 Annual Graduates

University of Utah is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a master's degree in biotechnology. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the city of Salt Lake City.More information about a master’s in biotechnology from University of Utah

3

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

13 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a good option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in biotechnology. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in biotechnology from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Best Biotechnology Colleges by State

Explore the best biotechnology schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	15
Utah	164	4

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Biotechnology Related Rankings by Major

Biotechnology is one of 14 different types of Biological & Biomedical Sciences programs to choose from.

Biotech Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Biotechnology	19

Majors Similar to Biotech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	235
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	68
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	65
Zoology	37
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	36
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	32
Pharmacology & Toxicology	24
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	23
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	16
Genetics	11

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.