Physiology & Pathology Sciences at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 97 students received a bachelor's degree in physiology from EWU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physiology & Pathology Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

EWU Physiology & Pathology Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physiology

EWU Physiology & Pathology Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physiology progam at EWU 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 physiology major at EWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physiology & Pathology 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
Best Value Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27

Earnings of EWU Physiology Graduates

The median salary of physiology students who receive their bachelor's degree at EWU is $25,717. This is less than $27,085, which is the national average of all physiology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Physiology Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 97 physiology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from EWU, about 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical physiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physiology at EWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physiology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	62
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• General Biology

Careers That Physiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in physiology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Medical Scientists	5,570	$90,290
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Biological Scientists	1,270	$85,200
Biological Science Professors	1,060	$85,990

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.