General Biology at Dominican University

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

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and approximately 3,189 students attend the school each year. Of the 547 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dominican University in 2021, 21 of them were general biology majors.

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.

Dominican U General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Dominican U General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at Dominican U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at Dominican U 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	353

Earnings of Dominican U Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dominican U is $32,740. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $27,253 for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

Biology Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 biology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Dominican U, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Dominican U also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Neurobiology & Neurosciences

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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Medical Scientists	3,510	$87,660
Biological Science Professors	2,530	$78,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Biological Scientists	590	$84,180

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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.