General Biology at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from Rice.

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

Rice General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Rice General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at Rice compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at Rice is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Biology Schools	1,414

Biology Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

Careers That Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Medical Scientists	5,240	$72,260
Biological Science Professors	4,470	$99,940
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Biological Scientists	2,100	$80,900

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.