Biology Studies at University of Chicago

59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 17,834.

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.

UChicago Biology Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences

UChicago Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at UChicago 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 UChicago

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

UChicago Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

66% Women

59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% 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 UChicago since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Chicago with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	44
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 IL, the home state for University of Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Biological Science Professors	2,530	$78,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Biological Scientists	590	$84,180
Life Scientists	140	$90,030

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
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