General Biology at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,636. Of the 1,010 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rider University in 2021, 21 of them were general biology majors.

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.

Rider General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Rider General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at Rider 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 Rider 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
Best General Biology Schools	161
Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	383
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,150
Most Focused General Biology Schools	1,303

Earnings of Rider Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rider is $32,825. This is 20% higher than $27,253, which is the national average for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

Biology Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider General Biology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology from Rider. About 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Rider since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Rider University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 NJ, the home state for Rider University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Medical Scientists	2,960	$145,300
Biological Science Professors	1,540	$104,140
Biological Scientists	370	$76,330
Life Scientists	300	$85,790

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 Magneticcarpet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.