General Biology at SUNY Old Westbury

85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SUNY Old Westbury is located in Old Westbury, New York and approximately 5,007 students attend the school each year.

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.

SUNY Old Westbury General Biology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

SUNY Old Westbury General Biology Rankings

The biology major at SUNY Old Westbury 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 SUNY Old Westbury

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at SUNY Old Westbury.

SUNY Old Westbury General Biology Bachelor’s Program

60% Women

85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Old Westbury since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 SUNY Old Westbury with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 SUNY Old Westbury. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies	80

Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Old Westbury.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Medical Scientists	9,500	$95,170
Biological Science Professors	4,590	$102,800
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Biological Scientists	690	$89,000

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
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