The Biological & Physical Sciences Major at City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College

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Biological & Physical Sciences at City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College

If you plan to study biological & physical sciences, take a look at what City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harold Washington College is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,479 students attend the school each year.

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

Harold Washington College Biological & Physical Sciences Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Biological & Physical Sciences

Harold Washington College Biological & Physical Sciences Rankings

Biological & Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Harold Washington College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & physical sciences majors at City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College.

Harold Washington College Biological & Physical Sciences Associate’s Program

49% Women

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of biological & physical sciences associate's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in biological & physical sciences only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Harold Washington College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

Harold Washington College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in biological & physical sciences graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College with a associate's in biological & physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	78
White	25
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Careers That Biological & Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & physical 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 IL, the home state for City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480

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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