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Biotechnology Schools near San Jose

San Jose, CA (population: 977,893) has eight biotechnology schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Stanford University, the highest ranked school in this group with a biotechnology program, has a total student population of 18,498. It is the 3rd highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .

Biotechnology students from San Jose schools who go on to become biotechnologists, bioengineers, biomedical engineers, biophysicists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 166,860 people working as medical and clinical laboratory technologists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $55,620. Also, Biochemists and biophysicists make on average $88,550 per year and there are about 22,860 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area alone, there are 690 employed biochemists and biophysicists earning an average salary of $98,290. Medical and clinical laboratory technologists in this area earn $86,440/yr and there are 930 employed.

San Jose lies in Santa Clara county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area has 888,960 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $32/hr average worker wage, and a $66,780 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in San Jose are held by medical and clinical laboratory technologists, and 1/1000 are held by biochemists and biophysicists.

Of the 8 biotechnology schools with a 100-mile radius of San Jose, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of the Pacific comes out as the most expensive ($25,776/yr) for biotechnology students, with University of California-Merced as the lowest, reported at only $11,970/yr.

Biotechnology Programs near San Jose

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  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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