Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology at Harvard University

If you are interested in studying cell/cellular & molecular biology, you may want to check out the program at Harvard University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Master’s Degree in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology

Harvard Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Rankings

The cell/cellular and molecular biology major at Harvard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Cell/Cellular & Molecular 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.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in cell/cellular and molecular biology, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cell/cellular and molecular biology majors at Harvard University.

Harvard Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of cell/cellular and molecular biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical cell/cellular and molecular biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its cell/cellular and molecular biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's in cell/cellular and molecular biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Harvard Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of cell/cellular and molecular biology master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the cell/cellular and molecular biology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Cell Biology & Anatomy
• Developmental Biology & Embryology

Careers That Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in cell/cellular and molecular 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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Biological Scientists	4,470	$84,790

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.