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Biology Studies at Rice University

Biology Studies at Rice University

If you plan to study biology studies, take a look at what Rice University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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

Rice Biology Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences

Rice Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at Rice is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biology Studies. 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 Sciences Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

51% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 49% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical biological sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological sciences 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 biological sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 33
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 20
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Biological Sciences Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers 110,420 $58,190
Biological Science Professors 4,470 $99,940
Natural Sciences Managers 2,620 $127,270
Biological Scientists 2,100 $80,900
Life Scientists 140 $94,230

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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