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General Biology at Great Basin College

General Biology at Great Basin College

If you are interested in studying general biology, you may want to check out the program at Great Basin College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Great Basin College is located in Elko, Nevada and approximately 3,772 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.

Great Basin College General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Great Basin College General Biology Rankings

The biology major at Great Basin College 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 Great Basin College

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

Great Basin College General Biology Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Great Basin College since its program graduates 35% more men than average.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at Great Basin College 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 Great Basin College with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within General Biology

If you plan to be a biology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Great Basin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies 14

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 NV, the home state for Great Basin College.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
High School Teachers 5,930 $57,910
Biological Science Professors 260 $71,410
Medical Scientists 220 $104,900
Natural Sciences Managers 220 $115,150
Biological Scientists 200 $73,490

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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