Biology Studies at Cornell University

Every biology studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biological sciences program at Cornell University stacks up to those at other schools.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620.

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.

Cornell Biology Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences

Cornell Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at Cornell 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological sciences, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Sciences Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 Cornell since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	82
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Biological Science Professors	4,590	$102,800
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Biological Scientists	690	$89,000
Life Scientists	170	$77,970

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.