General Biology at Southern University at New Orleans

Every general biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biology program at Southern University at New Orleans stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 2,264. Of the 238 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern University at New Orleans in 2021, 21 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.

SUNO General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

SUNO General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at SUNO 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 SUNO 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	270
Most Focused General Biology Schools	334
Most Popular General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	828
Best Value General Biology Schools	840
	849
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	855
	869
Most Popular General Biology Schools	962

Earnings of SUNO Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNO is $15,309. This is less than $27,253, which is the national average of all biology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Biology Student Demographics at SUNO

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

SUNO General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 Southern University at New Orleans with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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 LA, the home state for Southern University at New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810
Biological Scientists	700	$66,100
Natural Sciences Managers	320	$94,850
Biological Science Professors	230	$82,610
Life Scientists	190	$62,860

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 Augustus06 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.