2025 Best Biotechnology Schools in Illinois

Biotechnology is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #174 out of the 395 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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for biotechnology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 111 degrees in biotechnology annually.

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

• Best Overall Biotechnology Schools List

Biotechnology Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biotechnology Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Biotechnology in Illinois

The schools below may not offer all types of biotech degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Biotech

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Biotech Degrees Awarded

18.6% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in biotechnology has to check out Northwestern University. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Those biotechnology students who get their degree from Northwestern University make $15,568 more than the standard biotech graduate.

More information about a degree in biotechnology from Northwestern University

2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in biotechnology from University of Illinois at Chicago

Best Biotechnology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	322	8
Ohio	314	18
Indiana	294	48
Wisconsin	273	30

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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	111

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Majors Similar to Biotech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	2,773
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	599
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	399
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	302
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	253
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	139
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	98
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	79
Zoology	68
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	46

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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.