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Biology Studies at Northwestern College

Biology Studies at Northwestern College

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

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and approximately 1,496 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biology Studies section at the bottom of this page.

NWC Biology Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences

NWC Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at NWC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biology Studies. 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 Sciences Student Demographics at NWC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological sciences majors at Northwestern College.

NWC Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical biological sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at NWC since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological sciences at NWC 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 Northwestern College with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

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

Careers That Biological Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological 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 IA, the home state for Northwestern College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers 13,010 $56,510
Biological Science Professors 730 $101,810
Natural Sciences Managers 380 $127,440
Biological Scientists 260 $62,320
Life Scientists 120 $76,570

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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