General Biology at California State University - Dominguez Hills

What traits are you looking for in a biology school? To help you decide if California State University - Dominguez Hills is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biology program.

CSUDH is located in Carson, California and approximately 18,687 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.

CSUDH General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
• Master’s Degree in Biology

CSUDH General Biology Rankings

The biology major at CSUDH 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 CSUDH

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at California State University - Dominguez Hills.

CSUDH General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUDH since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Dominguez Hills with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

CSUDH General Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biology master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the biology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 52% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Dominguez Hills with a master's in biology.

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

Concentrations Within General Biology

General Biology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Dominguez Hills. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies	118

Related Majors

• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Dominguez Hills.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.