General Biology at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 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.

Johns Hopkins General Biology Degrees Available

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

Johns Hopkins General Biology Rankings

The biology major at Johns Hopkins 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.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in biology, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biology Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Johns Hopkins General Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of biology master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	105
International Students	128
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Concentrations Within General Biology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biomedical Sciences	29
Biology Studies	27

Related Majors

• Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)
• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Physiology & Pathology Sciences
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Genetics

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Medical Scientists	5,010	$105,780
Biological Scientists	4,100	$103,790
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Biological Science Professors	760	$89,650

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.