General Biology at Carthage College

If you plan to study general biology, take a look at what Carthage College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carthage is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and approximately 2,763 students attend the school each year. Of the 636 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carthage College in 2021, 32 of them were general biology majors.

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.

Carthage General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Carthage General Biology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at Carthage 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
Best General Biology Schools	396
Most Focused General Biology Schools	503
Best Value General Biology Schools	512

How Much Do Biology Graduates from Carthage Make?

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carthage is $24,906. This is less than $27,253, which is the national average of all biology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Biology Student Demographics at Carthage

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at Carthage College.

Carthage General Biology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology from Carthage. About 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Carthage since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at Carthage 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 Carthage College with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Neurobiology & Neurosciences

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 WI, the home state for Carthage College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Medical Scientists	1,470	$72,270
Biological Science Professors	990	$81,620
Natural Sciences Managers	610	$106,110
Biological Scientists	540	$73,520

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 Richie Diesterheft under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.