General Biology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

If you are interested in studying general biology, you may want to check out the program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and has a total student population of 12,860.

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.

SIUE General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
• Master’s Degree in Biology

SIUE General Biology Rankings

The biology major at SIUE 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.

Biology Student Demographics at SIUE

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

SIUE General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUE since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at SIUE 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	80
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SIUE General Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of biology master's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in biology each year. SIUE does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a biology master's degree from SIUE, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a master's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General Biology

General Biology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies	162

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Medical Scientists	3,510	$87,660
Biological Science Professors	2,530	$78,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Biological Scientists	590	$84,180

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.