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General Biology at St Mary's College of Maryland

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General Biology at St Mary’s College of Maryland

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

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and approximately 1,508 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from SMCM.

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.

SMCM General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

SMCM General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at SMCM 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 SMCM 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 54
Best General Biology Schools 78
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Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 255
Best Value General Biology Schools 270
Most Popular General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 491
Most Popular General Biology Schools 568

How Much Do Biology Graduates from SMCM Make?

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMCM is $31,570. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $27,253 for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

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Biology Student Demographics at SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM General Biology Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 45 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in biology from SMCM in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at SMCM since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at SMCM 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 St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 31
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers 19,330 $72,610
Medical Scientists 5,010 $105,780
Biological Scientists 4,100 $103,790
Natural Sciences Managers 3,370 $148,310
Biological Science Professors 760 $89,650

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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