Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 3 of them were cell biology and anatomical sciences majors.

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

Purdue Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Cell Biology

Purdue Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks cell biology programs across the country. The following shows how Purdue performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The cell biology major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Cell Biology & Anatomical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Schools	124

Cell Biology Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the cell biology majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences from Purdue in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical cell biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in cell biology at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in cell biology.

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

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in cell biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biotechnology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Zoology
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Botany/Plant Biology

Careers That Cell Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in cell 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Biological Science Professors	1,410	$98,590
Biological Scientists	630	$69,180
Biochemists and Biophysicists	300	$107,040

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.