2025 Best Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
126Biotech Degrees Awarded
$60,404Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, biotechnology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #174 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for biotechnology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 126 degrees in biotechnology to qualified students.
Your choice of biotechnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Biotechnology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biotechnology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Biotechnology in the Rocky Mountains Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biotech degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in biotechnology has to check out Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 37 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, biotech degree recipients typically earn around $42,178 at the beginning of their careers.
It is hard to beat Utah Valley University if you want to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 33 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, biotech degree recipients typically make about $52,118 in the first five years of their career.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a good choice for students interested in a degree in biotechnology. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 23 biotechnology students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the biotech program state that they receive average early career earnings of $53,598.
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).
Your choice of biotechnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Biotechnology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
