Biology Studies at University of Central Florida

Every biology studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biological sciences program at University of Central Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881.

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.

UCF Biology Studies Degrees Available

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

UCF Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at UCF 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.

Biological Sciences Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 UCF since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Central Florida with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	126
White	173
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

UCF Biology Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of biological sciences master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a biological sciences master's degree from UCF, 71% 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 Central Florida with a master's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Biological Scientists	1,770	$71,200
Biological Science Professors	1,590	$90,750
Life Scientists	140	$91,970

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.