Fort Worth, TX (population: 751,149) has eight biotechnology schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. The University of Texas at Dallas, the highest ranked school in this group with a biotechnology program, has a total student population of 15,783. It is the 153rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 4th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Biotechnology students from Fort Worth 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.
Fort Worth lies in Tarrant county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan area has 856,430 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.1% unemployment rate, $19.78/hr average worker wage, and a $41,140 average annual salary.
Of the 8 biotechnology schools with a 100-mile radius of Fort Worth, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Baylor University comes out as the most expensive ($26,444/yr) for biotechnology students, with Collin County Community College District as the lowest, reported at only $4,802/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Fort Worth |
| Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 2.0 miles |
| North Richland Hills | TX | 67,133 | 1 | 26.4697 | 12 | 10.3 miles |
| Arlington | TX | 385,024 | 17 | 27.7925 | 325 | 12.9 miles |
| Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.0 miles |
| Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 17.9 miles |
| Grand Prairie | TX | 167,767 | 3 | 23.6315 | 22 | 19.1 miles |
| Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.0 miles |
| Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 22.8 miles |
| Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.2 miles |
| Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 29.0 miles |
| Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 30.5 miles |
| Dallas | TX | 1,304,930 | 38 | 20.246 | 638 | 33.3 miles |
| Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 34.1 miles |
| Plano | TX | 282,016 | 1 | 11.5039 | 67 | 40.1 miles |
| University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 40.5 miles |
| Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 40.9 miles |
| Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 42.7 miles |
| Mesquite | TX | 134,509 | 2 | 15.1606 | 53 | 43.1 miles |
| Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 46.2 miles |
| Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 47.2 miles |
| Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 68.1 miles |
| Cisco | TX | - | 1 | 12.0718 | 82 | 98.8 miles |
| Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 99.2 miles |