Evolutionary Biology at Purdue University - Main Campus

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every evolutionary biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the evolutionary biology program at Purdue University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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.

Purdue Evolutionary Biology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology

Purdue Evolutionary Biology Rankings

The evolutionary biology major at Purdue 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.

Evolutionary Biology Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Evolutionary Biology Bachelor’s Program

59% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of evolutionary biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical evolutionary biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in evolutionary 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 evolutionary biology.

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

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 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

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
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