Biology Studies at University of Central Oklahoma

If you plan to study biology studies, take a look at what University of Central Oklahoma has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and approximately 14,132 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.

UCO Biology Studies Degrees Available

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

UCO Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at UCO 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 UCO

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

UCO Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% 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 UCO since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Oklahoma with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	22
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

UCO Biology Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of biological sciences master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in biological sciences each year. UCO does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
High School Teachers	11,400	$42,540
Biological Science Professors	530	$77,940
Natural Sciences Managers	360	$116,160
Biological Scientists	350	$64,200
Life Scientists	30	$43,480

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.