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General Biology at Santa Clara University

What traits are you looking for in a biology school? To help you decide if Santa Clara University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biology program.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,616. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from SCU.

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.

SCU General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

SCU General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at SCU 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 SCU 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 20
40
Most Popular General Biology Schools 419
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 924

How Much Do Biology Graduates from SCU Make?

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SCU is $36,629. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 34% higher than the national average of $27,253 for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

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Biology Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU General Biology Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from SCU. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 24
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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

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 Santa Clara University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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