General Biology at The University of Texas at Austin

Every general biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biology program at The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. Of the 10,592 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2021, 679 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 Austin General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
• Doctorate Degree in Biology

UT Austin General Biology Rankings

The biology major at UT Austin 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 Austin Make?

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $29,918. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $27,253 for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

Biology Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin General Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 679 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from UT Austin. 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 UT Austin since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	198
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	179
White	230
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Botany/Plant Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Medical Scientists	5,240	$72,260
Biological Science Professors	4,470	$99,940
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Biological Scientists	2,100	$80,900

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.