General Biology at Northland 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 Northland College stacks up to those at other schools.

Northland is located in Ashland, Wisconsin and approximately 570 students attend the school each year. Of the 141 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northland College in 2021, 20 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.

Northland General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Northland General Biology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biology programs across the country. The following shows how Northland 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 Northland 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	27
Most Focused General Biology Schools	39
Best General Biology Schools	270
	360
	365
Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	564
Most Popular General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	855
Most Popular General Biology Schools	993

Earnings of Northland Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northland is $28,129. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $27,253 for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

Biology Student Demographics at Northland

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

Northland General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Biology from Northland in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Northland since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at Northland 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 Northland College with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Northland 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 WI, the home state for Northland College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Medical Scientists	1,470	$72,270
Biological Science Professors	990	$81,620
Natural Sciences Managers	610	$106,110
Biological Scientists	540	$73,520

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 Billertl under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.