Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Rhodes College

If you plan to study biological & biomedical sciences, take a look at what Rhodes College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 1,875 students attend the school each year.

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

Rhodes College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Rhodes College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at Rhodes College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & Biomedical 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.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at Rhodes College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & biomedical sciences majors at Rhodes College.

Rhodes College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Rhodes College since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at Rhodes College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhodes College with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	51
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Biological & Biomedical Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rhodes College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	46
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	36
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	2

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & biomedical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Rhodes College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Software Applications Developers	5,870	$87,630
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310
Computer Workers	4,510	$74,000
Medical Scientists	1,370	$81,390

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 Ed Uthman, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.