Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of Charleston

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

UC is located in Charleston, West Virginia and approximately 2,967 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biological & Biomedical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UC Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

UC Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at UC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & Biomedical Sciences. 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 & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at UC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & biomedical sciences majors at University of Charleston.

UC Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UC since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at UC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

The following biological & biomedical sciences concentations are available at University of Charleston. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Charleston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	27
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	1

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & biomedical 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 WV, the home state for University of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
High School Teachers	3,790	$47,050
Computer Workers	2,380	$83,660
Software Applications Developers	1,110	$87,490
Biological Science Professors	250	$64,570
Biological Scientists	210	$70,060

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 Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.