Biological & Biomedical Sciences at College of the Holy Cross

If you are interested in studying biological & biomedical sciences, you may want to check out the program at College of the Holy Cross. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 2,970 students attend the school each year.

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.

Holy Cross Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Holy Cross Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% 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 Holy Cross since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at Holy Cross 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 College of the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at College of the Holy Cross. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	52
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	8

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Medical Scientists	13,430	$92,980
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Biochemists and Biophysicists	4,650	$104,650

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.