General Biology at McNeese State University

If you are interested in studying general biology, you may want to check out the program at McNeese State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and approximately 7,284 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 45 biology majors received their bachelor's degree from McNeese.

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.

McNeese General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

McNeese General Biology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at McNeese 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	686
Most Focused General Biology Schools	793

Biology Student Demographics at McNeese

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

McNeese General Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from McNeese. About 62% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at McNeese since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at McNeese 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 McNeese State University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	34
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

McNeese 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 LA, the home state for McNeese State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810
Biological Scientists	700	$66,100
Natural Sciences Managers	320	$94,850
Biological Science Professors	230	$82,610
Life Scientists	190	$62,860

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 Gkarg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.