General Biology at Northern New Mexico College

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

Northern New Mexico College is located in Espanola, New Mexico and has a total student population of 1,234.

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.

Northern New Mexico College General Biology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Biology
• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Northern New Mexico College General Biology Rankings

The biology major at Northern New Mexico College 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 Northern New Mexico College

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

Northern New Mexico College General Biology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biology associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Northern New Mexico College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in biology graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern New Mexico College with a associate's in biology.

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

Northern New Mexico College General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Northern New Mexico College with a bachelor's in biology.

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

Concentrations Within General Biology

If you plan to be a biology 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 Northern New Mexico College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies	7

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 NM, the home state for Northern New Mexico College.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers	7,010	$55,380
Biological Scientists	410	$73,610
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$104,030
Medical Scientists	370	$87,850
Life Scientists	90	$54,850

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 JerryFriedman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.