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Biological & Physical Science at Purdue University - Main Campus

Biological & Physical Science at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying biological & physical science, you may want to check out the program at Purdue University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Biological & Physical Science section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue Biological & Physical Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Science

Purdue Biological & Physical Science Rankings

The biological science major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & Physical Science. 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.

Biological Science Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of biological science bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical biological science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological science 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 biological science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 15
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Biological & Physical Science

If you plan to be a biological science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biological & Physical Sciences 12

Careers That Biological Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological science 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

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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