Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Duke University

If you plan to study biological and biomedical sciences, take a look at what Duke University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172. Of the 2,319 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Duke University in 2021, 289 of them were biological and biomedical sciences majors.

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.

Duke Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Doctorate Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Duke Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biological and biomedical sciences progam at Duke compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biological and biomedical sciences major at Duke 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools	17
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In 2021, 123 students received their master’s degree in biological and biomedical sciences from Duke. This makes it the #38 most popular school for biological and biomedical sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 80 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological and biomedical sciences, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of biological and biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical biological and biomedical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Duke since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological and biomedical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	73
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	91
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

Duke Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Program

The biological and biomedical sciences program at Duke awarded 123 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 35% of these degrees went to men with the other 65% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	51
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Duke also has a doctoral program available in biological and biomedical sciences. In 2021, 80 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

The following biological and biomedical sciences concentations are available at Duke University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Duke University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	224
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	84
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	83
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	37
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	30
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	22
Genetics	15
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	11
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	5
Pharmacology & Toxicology	4

Related Majors

• Science Technologies / Technicians
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural Resources & Conservation

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological and 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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Computer Workers	5,940	$88,650
Medical Scientists	4,500	$98,740

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.