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General Biology at Oberlin College

General Biology at Oberlin College

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

Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and approximately 2,658 students attend the school each year.

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.

Oberlin General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Oberlin General Biology Rankings

The biology major at Oberlin 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 Oberlin

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

Oberlin General Biology Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Oberlin since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology 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 biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 30
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within General Biology

The following biology concentations are available at Oberlin College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oberlin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies 50

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 OH, the home state for Oberlin College.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers 52,240 $61,930
Medical Scientists 3,430 $79,020
Biological Science Professors 1,850 $95,800
Natural Sciences Managers 1,000 $131,680
Biological Scientists 780 $67,780

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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