Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Northwest Nazarene University

If you plan to study biological & biomedical sciences, take a look at what Northwest Nazarene University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and has a total student population of 2,109.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biological & Biomedical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

NNU Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

NNU Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at NNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & Biomedical Sciences. 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.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at NNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & biomedical sciences majors at Northwest Nazarene University.

NNU Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at NNU since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at NNU 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 Northwest Nazarene University with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Biological & Biomedical Sciences 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 Northwest Nazarene University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	30
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	5
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	3

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & biomedical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ID, the home state for Northwest Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
High School Teachers	5,210	$51,170
Software Applications Developers	2,800	$86,680
Computer Workers	790	$80,610
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	490	$69,430
Medical Scientists	400	$71,440

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 Moonraker0022 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.