Biology & life sciences

Biotechnology

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · Mayaguez, PR

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$5,274Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$14,832Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded16Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$26,276
Same subject · national$36,420
Biology & life sciences · national$28,598

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $24,702–$28,397.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasBiology, General$11,851
CUNY Lehman CollegeBiology, General$26,585
University of West GeorgiaBiology, General$27,693
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBiology, General$27,947
Texas A & M International UniversityBiology, General$23,803
CUNY City CollegeBiology, General$20,140
North Carolina A & T State UniversityBiology, General$25,967
Minnesota State University MoorheadBiology, General$31,236
University of Arkansas at Little RockBiology, General$32,391
University of West FloridaBiology, General, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology$25,001
Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusBiology, General$25,967
CUNY Hunter CollegeBiological and Physical Sciences, Biology, General$29,746
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗