General Biology at St. Thomas University

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

STU is located in Miami Gardens, Florida and has a total student population of 5,601. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from STU.

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.

STU General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

STU General Biology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at STU 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	911
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,044

Biology Student Demographics at STU

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

STU General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in biology from STU in 2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at STU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 St. Thomas University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 FL, the home state for St. Thomas University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Medical Scientists	3,470	$82,990
Biological Scientists	1,770	$71,200
Biological Science Professors	1,590	$90,750
Life Scientists	140	$91,970

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 Mulad under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.