General Biology at Kentucky State University

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

KY State is located in Frankfort, Kentucky and approximately 2,290 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from KY State.

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.

KY State General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

KY State General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at KY State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at KY State 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	751
Most Popular General Biology Schools	1,444

Biology Student Demographics at KY State

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

KY State General Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from KY State. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at KY State since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Kentucky State University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

KY State also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 KY, the home state for Kentucky State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Biological Science Professors	680	$70,600
Medical Scientists	420	$77,160
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$110,070
Biological Scientists	220	$64,780

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 Matthew Peek under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.