General Biology at Scripps College

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

Scripps is located in Claremont, California and approximately 958 students attend the school each year. Of the 301 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Scripps College in 2021, 17 of them were general biology majors.

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.

Scripps General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Scripps General Biology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biology programs across the country. The following shows how Scripps performed in these rankings.

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 Scripps 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 Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	342
Most Focused General Biology Schools	417
Most Popular General Biology Schools	1,084

Biology Student Demographics at Scripps

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at Scripps College.

Scripps General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 biology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Scripps, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Scripps College with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• 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 Scripps College.

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 Lure Photography under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.