General Biology at Earlham College

If you plan to study general biology, take a look at what Earlham College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Earlham is located in Richmond, Indiana and approximately 815 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 17 biology majors received their bachelor's degree from Earlham.

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.

Earlham General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Earlham General Biology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biology programs across the country. The following shows how Earlham performed in these rankings.

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 biology major at Earlham 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
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	209
Most Focused General Biology Schools	264
Most Popular General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	927
Most Popular General Biology Schools	1,084

Biology Student Demographics at Earlham

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

Earlham General Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Earlham. About 53% of these graduates were women and the other 47% were men. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Earlham since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at Earlham are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Earlham 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
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

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 IN, the home state for Earlham College.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Biological Science Professors	1,410	$98,590
Biological Scientists	630	$69,180

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 Self under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.