Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Samford University

If you are interested in studying biological & biomedical sciences, you may want to check out the program at Samford University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 5,729 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.

Samford Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Samford Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at Samford is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & Biomedical Sciences. 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 & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at Samford

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

Samford Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Samford since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at Samford are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Samford University with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

If you plan to be a biological & biomedical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Samford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	16
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	5
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	1

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & 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 AL, the home state for Samford University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers	16,270	$51,180
Software Applications Developers	6,210	$96,400
Health Specialties Professors	1,960	$108,310
Computer Workers	1,920	$87,060
Biological Scientists	260	$67,200

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 Sweetmoose6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.