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2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California

4 Colleges
$21,612 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Biotechnology Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 174 degrees and certificates were awarded to biotechnology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #100 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Biotechnology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for biotech majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found California State University - Long Beach to be the most popular school for biotechnology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

Women make up 67% of the biotech majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that biotech majors at CSULB take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $18,477.

Full Biotechnology at California State University - Long Beach Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California State University - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular biotechnology schools in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 56% of the biotech majors at the school.

Full Biotechnology at California State University - Los Angeles Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for biotechnology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - East Bay. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Biotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Biotechnology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Biotechnology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Nevada 15

Biotechnology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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