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General Biology at Gettysburg College

General Biology at Gettysburg College

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

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,507.

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.

Gettysburg General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Gettysburg General Biology Rankings

The biology major at Gettysburg 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.

Biology Student Demographics at Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg General Biology Bachelor’s Program

66% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 34% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Gettysburg since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg College with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within General Biology

The following biology concentations are available at Gettysburg College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Gettysburg College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies 35

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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Medical Scientists 7,970 $114,370
Natural Sciences Managers 4,480 $147,810
Biological Science Professors 3,250 $94,510
Biological Scientists 660 $73,550

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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