Biological/Biosystems Engineering at University of Georgia

If you are interested in studying biological/biosystems engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Georgia. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biological/Biosystems Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UGA Biological/Biosystems Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological/Biosystems Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Biological/Biosystems Engineering

UGA Biological/Biosystems Engineering Rankings

The biological/biosystems engineering major at UGA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological/Biosystems Engineering. 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/Biosystems Engineering Student Demographics at UGA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological/biosystems engineering majors at University of Georgia.

UGA Biological/Biosystems Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biological/biosystems engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological/biosystems engineering at UGA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological/biosystems engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Georgia with a bachelor's in biological/biosystems engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UGA Biological/Biosystems Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of biological/biosystems engineering master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

In the biological/biosystems engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

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

Careers That Biological/Biosystems Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological/biosystems engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Engineers	4,380	$93,580
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180
Biomedical Engineers	220	$81,870

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.