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General Biology at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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General Biology at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. Of the 5,356 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville in 2021, 234 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.

UT Knoxville General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

UT Knoxville General Biology Rankings

The biology major at UT Knoxville 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.

How Much Do Biology Graduates from UT Knoxville Make?

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $22,206. This is less than $27,253, which is the national average of all biology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Biology Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville General Biology Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 21
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 178
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

UT Knoxville 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers 20,190 $53,620
Medical Scientists 1,370 $81,390
Biological Science Professors 890 $89,030
Natural Sciences Managers 500 $111,670
Biological Scientists 370 $67,690

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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