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2023 Most Popular Online Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools

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$21,612 Avg Student Debt

Biotechnology is the #112 most popular major in the country with 1,567 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online biotech graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular online school in the United States for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in biotech at NC State, 56% are male and 44% are female.

After completing their Graduate Certificate, biotech graduates from NC State carry an average student debtload of $21,350.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 53% of the biotech majors at the school.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMGC is a very large public school located in the suburb of Adelphi.

About 83% of the students majoring in biotech at the school are women while 17% are male.

Full Biotechnology at University of Maryland Global Campus Report

#4

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount St Mary’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools list. The Mount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg.

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#5

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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One of 14 majors within the area of study, biotechnology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Biotech

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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.

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