Biological & Physical Sciences at Santa Monica College

What traits are you looking for in a biological & physical sciences school? To help you decide if Santa Monica College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biological & physical sciences program.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and has a total student population of 25,948.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biological & Physical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

SMC Biological & Physical Sciences Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Biological & Physical Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMC offers distance education options for biological & physical sciences at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

SMC Biological & Physical Sciences Rankings

Biological & Physical Sciences Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & physical sciences majors at Santa Monica College.

SMC Biological & Physical Sciences Associate’s Program

62% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biological & physical sciences associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in biological & physical sciences only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Monica College with a associate's in biological & physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	40
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	154
White	115
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Careers That Biological & Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & physical 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 Santa Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790

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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