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General Biology at Catawba College

General Biology at Catawba College

Every general biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biology program at Catawba College stacks up to those at other schools.

Catawba is located in Salisbury, North Carolina and has a total student population of 1,371.

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.

Catawba General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Catawba General Biology Rankings

The biology major at Catawba 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 Catawba

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

Catawba General Biology Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Catawba since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at Catawba 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 Catawba College with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 Catawba College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies 20

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 NC, the home state for Catawba College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers 25,240 $47,580
Medical Scientists 4,500 $98,740
Natural Sciences Managers 2,960 $153,490
Biological Science Professors 1,990 $76,320
Biological Scientists 1,070 $83,380

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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