General Biology at Saint Mary’s College of California

If you plan to study general biology, take a look at what Saint Mary's College of California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMC is located in Moraga, California and approximately 3,439 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from SMC.

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.

SMC General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

SMC General Biology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at SMC 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 Popular General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	547

Biology Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC General Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from SMC. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

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 Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SMC 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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.