Biology Studies at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biology Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UAB Biology Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Biological Sciences

UAB Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at UAB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biology Studies. 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological sciences, making the school the #99 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Sciences Student Demographics at UAB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological sciences majors at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

UAB Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical biological sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	43
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UAB Biology Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of biological sciences master's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in biological sciences each year. UAB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a biological sciences master's degree from UAB, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Biological Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers	16,270	$51,180
Biological Scientists	260	$67,200
Natural Sciences Managers	170	$112,140
Life Scientists	120	$99,720

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.