Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University

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

Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,853.

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

Princeton Evolutionary Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology
• Master’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology

Princeton Evolutionary Biology Rankings

The evolutionary biology major at Princeton is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Evolutionary 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in evolutionary biology, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Evolutionary Biology Student Demographics at Princeton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the evolutionary biology majors at Princeton University.

Princeton Evolutionary Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of evolutionary biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology at Princeton are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its evolutionary biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's in evolutionary biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Princeton Evolutionary Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of evolutionary biology master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in evolutionary biology each year. Princeton does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the evolutionary biology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Princeton University with a master's in evolutionary biology.

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

Related Majors

Careers That Evolutionary Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in evolutionary 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 NJ, the home state for Princeton University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Biological Science Professors	1,540	$104,140
Biological Scientists	370	$76,330

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 Quantockgoblin under License

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