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.
There was only one school in Kentucky to review for the 2025 Best Biotechnology Schools in Kentucky ranking.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Biotechnology Schools in Kentucky ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
It's difficult to beat University of Kentucky if you want to pursue a degree in biotechnology. UK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lexington.
Students who graduate with their degree from the biotech program report average early career wages of $43,030.
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).