General Biology at Montana State University

If you plan to study general biology, take a look at what Montana State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and approximately 16,218 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.

MSU Bozeman General Biology Degrees Available

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

MSU Bozeman General Biology Rankings

The biology major at MSU Bozeman 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.

Biology Student Demographics at MSU Bozeman

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

MSU Bozeman General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Bozeman since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at MSU Bozeman 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 Montana State University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	88
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

MSU Bozeman General Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of biology master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a biology master's degree from MSU Bozeman, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within General Biology

General Biology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Montana State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies	117

Related Majors

• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Biotechnology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences

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 MT, the home state for Montana State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
High School Teachers	3,880	$50,670
Biological Scientists	470	$66,110
Natural Sciences Managers	310	$104,930
Biological Science Professors	190	$73,190
Medical Scientists	130	$74,440

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 Tim Evanson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.