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CIP PROGRAM: 26.1201
Biotechnology.

Summary: A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences, biochemistry, and genetics to the preparation of new and enhanced agricultural, environmental, clinical, and industrial products, including the commercial exploitation of microbes, plants, and animals. Includes instruction in bioinformatics, gene identification, phylogenetics and comparative genomics, bioinorganic chemistry, immunoassaying, DNA sequencing, xenotransplantation, genetic engineering, industrial microbiology, drug and biologic development, enzyme-based production processes, patent law, biotechnology management and marketing, applicable regulations, and biotechnology ethics.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 198 944 1469
2021 190 975 1469
2022 196 1022 1461
2023 141 1039 1668
2024 161 1089 1832
Change -28.79% +10.06% +13.55%

Related CIPs

26 BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
26.12 Biotechnology.
26.1201 Biotechnology.

Institutions granting degrees in Biotechnology.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Arizona State University Campus Immersion6 -
Auburn University8 +100.00%
Bay Path University1 -100.00%
Brigham Young University41 -5.88%
CUNY City College5 -
CUNY York College6 +133.33%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona37 +38.71%
California State University-San Marcos21 +10.34%
Claflin University2 -33.33%
College of Our Lady of the Elms2 -
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania6 -16.67%
Elizabethtown College4 -75.00%
Endicott College19 -50.00%
Ferris State University8 -54.55%
Florida Gulf Coast University3 +50.00%
Florida Southern College3 -
Grand View University1 -
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology6 +100.00%
Indiana University-Bloomington25 -
Indiana University-Indianapolis5 +50.00%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla10 +40.00%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo28 +100.00%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas13 -38.46%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon9 -60.00%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama8 +20.00%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce1 -50.00%
James Madison University32 +20.69%
Kent State University at Kent10 -50.00%
Liberty University8 -
Marywood University3 -37.50%
Minnesota State University-Mankato5 +20.00%
Montana State University8 -16.67%
New York Institute of Technology2 +100.00%
North Dakota State University-Main Campus8 +25.00%
Northeastern University Professional Programs41 +1000.00%
Oregon State University14 -52.63%
Pacific Union College2 -
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo1 -100.00%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce7 -7.69%
Rivier University2 -
Rochester Institute of Technology22 -12.00%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick55 +60.00%
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill10 -8.70%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry11 -18.75%
Saint Peter's University2 -
Santa Fe College7 +33.33%
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology1 -85.71%
South Dakota State University7 -60.00%
Southern Connecticut State University7 -
Syracuse University21 +142.86%
Thomas Jefferson University4 -
Tufts University7 +100.00%
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus5 -57.14%
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus1 -100.00%
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon4 +66.67%
University at Buffalo8 +50.00%
University of Arizona2 -
University of California-Davis75 +1.54%
University of California-Santa Cruz6 -
University of Central Florida34 -27.59%
University of Delaware16 +466.67%
University of Georgia37 +75.00%
University of Hawaii at Manoa16 +80.00%
University of Houston69 +9.33%
University of Houston-Downtown15 +133.33%
University of Idaho2 +300.00%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign3 -
University of Kansas11 +50.00%
University of Kentucky58 +14.71%
University of Maryland-Baltimore County17 -
University of Nebraska at Omaha19 +19.05%
University of Nevada-Reno12 +433.33%
University of New Hampshire at Manchester16 +35.29%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez16 +6.67%
University of Rhode Island17 -
University of Southern California1 -
University of Wisconsin-River Falls3 -50.00%
Upstate Medical University3 -50.00%
Utah Valley University22 +17.86%
William Paterson University of New Jersey8 -42.86%
Wilmington University2 -
Worcester State University16 -31.82%