Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Riverside City College

Every biological and biomedical sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biological and biomedical sciences program at Riverside City College stacks up to those at other schools.

Riverside City College is located in Riverside, California and approximately 20,080 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.

Riverside City College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Riverside City College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

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Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at Riverside City College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at Riverside City College.

Riverside City College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of biological and biomedical sciences associate's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in biological and biomedical sciences only graduates about 35% men each year. The program at Riverside City College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

Riverside City College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in biological and biomedical sciences graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

The following biological and biomedical sciences concentations are available at Riverside City College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Riverside City College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	19

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Physical Sciences
• Communications Technologies & Support
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological and 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 CA, the home state for Riverside City College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.