Biology Studies at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613.

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.

UD Biology Studies Degrees Available

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

UD Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at UD 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological sciences, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Sciences Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% 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 UD since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological sciences at UD 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 Delaware with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	96
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UD Biology Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of biological sciences master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Of the students who received a biological sciences master's degree from UD, 64% 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 Delaware with a master's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
High School Teachers	2,650	$65,040

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.