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General Biology at Colgate University

General Biology at Colgate University

What traits are you looking for in a biology school? To help you decide if Colgate University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biology program.

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and approximately 3,054 students attend the school each year.

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.

Colgate General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Colgate General Biology Rankings

The biology major at Colgate 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 Colgate

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

Colgate General Biology Bachelor’s Program

49% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 51% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Colgate since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at Colgate 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 Colgate University with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 27
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Colgate University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies 48

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 NY, the home state for Colgate University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Medical Scientists 9,500 $95,170
Biological Science Professors 4,590 $102,800
Natural Sciences Managers 1,360 $148,460
Biological Scientists 690 $89,000

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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