Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Oberlin College

What traits are you looking for in a biological & biomedical sciences school? To help you decide if Oberlin College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biological & biomedical sciences program.

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,658.

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.

Oberlin Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Oberlin Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at Oberlin 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 Oberlin

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

Oberlin Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% 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 Oberlin since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at Oberlin 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 Oberlin College with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	50
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

If you plan to be a biological & biomedical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Oberlin College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	50
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	32
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	13

Related Majors

• Engineering
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences

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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers	52,240	$61,930
Software Applications Developers	35,100	$95,090
Computer Workers	12,160	$82,440
Health Specialties Professors	10,330	$130,280
Medical Scientists	3,430	$79,020

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 Matthew Trump under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.