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General Biology at College of San Mateo

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General Biology at College of San Mateo

If you are interested in studying general biology, you may want to check out the program at College of San Mateo. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSM is located in San Mateo, California and has a total student population of 7,494.

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.

CSM General Biology Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Biology

Online Classes Are Available at CSM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? CSM offers distance education options for biology at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

CSM General Biology Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Biology Student Demographics at CSM

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

CSM General Biology Associate’s Program

58% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of biology associate's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in biology only graduates about 33% men each year. The program at CSM may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

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CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in biology graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of San Mateo with a associate's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for College of San Mateo.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Medical Scientists 26,080 $102,550
Biological Scientists 11,010 $91,340
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Biological Science Professors 4,360 $128,370

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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