General Biology at Governors State University

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

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year.

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.

GSU General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
• Master’s Degree in Biology

GSU General Biology Rankings

The biology major at GSU 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 GSU

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

GSU General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at GSU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at GSU 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 Governors State University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GSU General Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of biology master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Governors State University with a master's in biology.

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

Concentrations Within General Biology

General Biology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Governors State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies	10

Related Majors

• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 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 IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Medical Scientists	3,510	$87,660
Biological Science Professors	2,530	$78,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Biological Scientists	590	$84,180

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 User:Astuishin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.