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General Biology at University of California - Santa Cruz

General Biology at University of California - Santa Cruz

What traits are you looking for in a biology school? To help you decide if University of California - Santa Cruz is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biology program.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and has a total student population of 19,161.

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.

UC Santa Cruz General Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

UC Santa Cruz General Biology Rankings

The biology major at UC Santa Cruz 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 UC Santa Cruz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz General Biology Bachelor’s Program

66% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 34% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 University of California - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 51
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 73
White 59
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 23

Concentrations Within General Biology

General Biology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Santa Cruz. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies 128
General Biomedical Sciences 76

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Cruz.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Medical Scientists 26,080 $102,550
Biological Scientists 11,010 $91,340
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Biological Science Professors 4,360 $128,370

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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