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Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Loras College

Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Loras College

If you plan to study biological & biomedical sciences, take a look at what Loras College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Loras is located in Dubuque, Iowa and approximately 1,404 students attend the school each year.

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

Loras Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences
  • Master’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Loras Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at Loras is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & Biomedical Sciences. 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.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at Loras

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & biomedical sciences majors at Loras College.

Loras Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

68% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at Loras 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 Loras College with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 17
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Loras Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Program

75% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of biological & biomedical sciences master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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In the biological & biomedical sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Loras College with a master's in biological & biomedical sciences.

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

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

If you plan to be a biological & biomedical sciences 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 Loras College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology 14
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 7
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 3

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & biomedical 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 IA, the home state for Loras College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers 13,010 $56,510
Software Applications Developers 6,990 $88,570
Health Specialties Professors 2,760 $156,320
Computer Workers 2,350 $78,810
Medical Scientists 870 $67,730

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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