Biology Studies at Colby College

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biology Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Colby Biology Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences

Colby Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at Colby is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biology Studies. 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 Sciences Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical biological sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological sciences at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Biological Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological 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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
High School Teachers	5,790	$54,240
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$135,840
Biological Science Professors	240	$74,460

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
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