General Biology at University of Hawaii at Hilo

Every general biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biology program at University of Hawaii at Hilo stacks up to those at other schools.

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and has a total student population of 3,165. Of the 632 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2021, 31 of them were general biology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Biology section at the bottom of this page.

UH Hilo General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

UH Hilo General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at UH Hilo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at UH Hilo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Biology. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Biology Schools	610
Most Popular General Biology Schools	769

Earnings of UH Hilo Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Hilo is $25,189. This is less than $27,253, which is the national average of all biology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Biology Student Demographics at UH Hilo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at University of Hawaii at Hilo.

UH Hilo General Biology Bachelor’s Program

The biology program at UH Hilo awarded 31 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 39% of these degrees went to men with the other 61% going to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UH Hilo also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology

Careers That Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in biology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
High School Teachers	4,310	$60,810
Biological Scientists	300	$79,760
Natural Sciences Managers	250	$115,240
Medical Scientists	240	$96,880
Life Scientists	70	$79,180

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.