Biology Studies at Duke University

If you plan to study biology studies, 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.

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.

Duke Biology Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences

Duke Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at Duke 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological sciences, making the school the #87 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Sciences Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% 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 Duke since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Duke University with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	56
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Related Majors

• General Biomedical Sciences

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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Biological Science Professors	1,990	$76,320
Biological Scientists	1,070	$83,380
Life Scientists	180	$95,370

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.