General Biology at Eastern Oregon University

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

EOU is located in La Grande, Oregon and approximately 2,853 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from EOU.

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.

EOU General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

EOU General Biology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at EOU 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	1,094

Biology Student Demographics at EOU

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

EOU General Biology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 biology majors earned their bachelor's degree from EOU. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at EOU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at EOU 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 Eastern Oregon University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 OR, the home state for Eastern Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Medical Scientists	1,720	$90,050
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Biological Scientists	770	$69,930
Biological Science Professors	470	$96,920

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.