General Biology at McDaniel College

Every general biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biology program at McDaniel College stacks up to those at other schools.

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and approximately 2,931 students attend the school each year. Of the 484 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College in 2021, 35 of them were general biology majors.

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.

McDaniel General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

McDaniel General Biology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biology programs across the country. The following shows how McDaniel performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at McDaniel 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
	574
Most Focused General Biology Schools	646
Most Popular General Biology Schools	704
Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	727
Best Value General Biology Schools	760

Earnings of McDaniel Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at McDaniel is $24,715. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,253 for all biology students.

Biology Student Demographics at McDaniel

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at McDaniel College.

McDaniel General Biology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 biology majors earned their bachelor's degree from McDaniel. Of these graduates, 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at McDaniel 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 McDaniel College with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

McDaniel 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 MD, the home state for McDaniel College.

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 Swissbeauty under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.