General Biology at California State University - Northridge

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 303 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from CSUN.

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.

CSUN General Biology Degrees Available

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

CSUN General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at CSUN compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at CSUN 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Biology Master’s Degree Schools	74
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	731

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in biology from CSUN. This makes it the #74 most popular school for biology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CSUN Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUN is $21,685. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,253 for all biology students.

Biology Student Demographics at CSUN

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

CSUN General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 303 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in biology from CSUN in 2021, 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUN since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 - Northridge with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	103
White	106
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

CSUN General Biology Master’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a master’s in biology from CSUN in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a biology master's degree from CSUN, 62% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CSUN also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 - Northridge.

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
• Image Credit: By Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.