General Biology at Oregon Institute of Technology

If you plan to study general biology, take a look at what Oregon Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and has a total student population of 5,323. Of the 719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oregon Institute of Technology in 2021, 23 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.

OIT General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

OIT General Biology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biology programs across the country. The following shows how OIT 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 OIT 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
	496
Best Value General Biology Schools	611
Most Popular General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	791
Most Focused General Biology Schools	906

Earnings of OIT Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at OIT is $25,871. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,253 for all biology students.

Biology Student Demographics at OIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at Oregon Institute of Technology.

OIT General Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from OIT. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at OIT since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at OIT 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 Oregon Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

OIT 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 OR, the home state for Oregon Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Medical Scientists	1,720	$90,050
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Biological Scientists	770	$69,930
Biological Science Professors	470	$96,920

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.