Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Central College

What traits are you looking for in a biological & biomedical sciences school? To help you decide if Central College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biological & biomedical sciences program.

Central is located in Pella, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,120.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biological & Biomedical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Central Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Central Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at Central is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & Biomedical Sciences. 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.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at Central

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & biomedical sciences majors at Central College.

Central Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Central since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at Central 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 Central College with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

If you plan to be a biological & biomedical sciences 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 Central College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	35
General Biology	19
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	7

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & biomedical sciences 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 Central College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570
Health Specialties Professors	2,760	$156,320
Computer Workers	2,350	$78,810
Medical Scientists	870	$67,730

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 Central College Alumni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.