General Biology at Southwestern College

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

SC is located in Winfield, Kansas and approximately 1,413 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 biology majors received their bachelor's degree from SC.

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.

SC General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

SC General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at SC 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 SC 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 Popular General Biology Schools	1,266

Biology Student Demographics at SC

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

SC General Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from SC. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at SC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwestern College with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 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 KS, the home state for Southwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490
Medical Scientists	560	$81,190
Biological Science Professors	370	$69,310
Natural Sciences Managers	250	$127,440
Biological Scientists	250	$64,560

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 Rschmeichel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.