2025 Best Biotechnology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Biotechnology is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #165 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of biotechnology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 73 bachelor's degrees in biotechnology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor'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 - How many other biotechnology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 much debt biotechnology students go into to obtain their bachelor'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for biotechnology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Biotechnology Schools

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in biotechnology.

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

1

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

41 Annual Graduates

$42,178 Median Starting Salary

Brigham Young University - Provo is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in biotechnology. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the biotech program state that they receive average early career wages of $42,178.

More information about a bachelor’s in biotechnology from Brigham Young University - Provo

2

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT

22 Annual Graduates

$52,118 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in biotechnology needs to look into Utah Valley University. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population.

Those biotechnology students who get their bachelor's degree from Utah Valley University make $7,306 more than the standard biotech student.

More information about a bachelor’s in biotechnology from Utah Valley University

Best Biotechnology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	204	59
Idaho	171	2
Montana	134	11

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Biotechnology Related Rankings by Major

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

Biotech Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Biotechnology	73

Majors Similar to Biotech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	2,649
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	1,378
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	626
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	523
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	392
Zoology	370
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	282
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	236
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	46
Botany/Plant Biology	15

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.