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Biotechnology Schools in Massachusetts

Massachusetts contains fifteen schools that offer biotechnology programs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the highest-ranking biotechnology school in MA, has a total student population of 10,384 and is the 12th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 15 biotechnology schools in Massachusetts, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northeastern University comes out as the most expensive ($32,703/yr), with Middlesex Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,314/yr.

Biotechnology students from Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts alone, there are 2,740 employed biochemists and biophysicists earning an average yearly salary of $95,420. Medical and clinical laboratory technologists in this state earn $61,150/yr and there are 6,540 employed.

Also, within the biotechnology schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from biotechnology, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Biotechnology Programs in Massachusetts

Boston University

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Masters

Northeastern University

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters

Bay Path College

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Bachelors

Suffolk University

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Bachelors

Worcester State College

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Assumption College

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Bachelors

Massachusetts Bay Community College

Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician

Levels offered: Associates

Springfield Technical Community College

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Associates

North Shore Community College

Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician

Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Mount Wachusett Community College

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Bunker Hill Community College

Biotechnology

Levels offered: Associates

Middlesex Community College

Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician

Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Massachusetts Interesting Facts

552 original documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum.
Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778.
"Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush."
In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced with the now familiar name "Volleyball."

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