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General Biology at Buena Vista University

General Biology at Buena Vista University

If you are interested in studying general biology, you may want to check out the program at Buena Vista University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Biology section at the bottom of this page.

BVU General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

BVU General Biology Rankings

The biology major at BVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Biology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Biology Student Demographics at BVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at Buena Vista University.

BVU General Biology Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at BVU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at BVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Buena Vista University with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within General Biology

If you plan to be a biology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Buena Vista University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies 4
General Biomedical Sciences 2

Careers That Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in biology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Buena Vista University.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers 13,010 $56,510
Medical Scientists 870 $67,730
Biological Science Professors 730 $101,810
Natural Sciences Managers 380 $127,440
Biological Scientists 260 $62,320

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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