General Biology at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and approximately 4,898 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from SWOSU.

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.

SWOSU General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

SWOSU General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at SWOSU 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 SWOSU 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	1,170
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,219
Most Focused General Biology Schools	1,389

Biology Student Demographics at SWOSU

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

SWOSU General Biology Bachelor’s Program

The biology program at SWOSU awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at SWOSU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at SWOSU 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Biological Science Professors	530	$77,940
Natural Sciences Managers	360	$116,160
Biological Scientists	350	$64,200
Life Scientists	30	$43,480

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.