Biological & Physical Sciences at William Rainey Harper College

If you are interested in studying biological & physical sciences, you may want to check out the program at William Rainey Harper College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and has a total student population of 12,199.

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

Harper College Biological & Physical Sciences Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Biological & Physical Sciences

Harper College Biological & Physical Sciences Rankings

Biological & Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Harper College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & physical sciences majors at William Rainey Harper College.

Harper College Biological & Physical Sciences Associate’s Program

53% Women

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of biological & physical sciences associate's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in biological & physical sciences only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Harper College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Rainey Harper College with a associate's in biological & physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	98
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	89
White	213
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Careers That Biological & Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & physical sciences 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 William Rainey Harper College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480

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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