General Biology at Dartmouth College

37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 6,292.

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.

Dartmouth General Biology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Dartmouth General Biology Rankings

The biology major at Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth General Biology Bachelor’s Program

62% Women

37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	42
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 Dartmouth College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies	83
General Biomedical Sciences	4

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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
High School Teachers	5,130	$61,510
Medical Scientists	390	$116,200
Biological Science Professors	280	$109,320
Biological Scientists	90	$78,780

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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