General Biology at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 18,025 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 135 biology majors received their bachelor's degree from UH Manoa.

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 Manoa General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
• Master’s Degree in Biology

UH Manoa General Biology Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at UH Manoa 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	170
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	680
Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	705

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in biology from UH Manoa. This makes it the #265 most popular school for biology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in biology, making the school the #171 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UH Manoa Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Manoa is $24,614. 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 Manoa

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

UH Manoa General Biology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 135 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from UH Manoa. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Manoa since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Manoa with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	74
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UH Manoa General Biology Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in General Biology from UH Manoa in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the biology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Physiology & Pathology Sciences
• Zoology
• Biotechnology
• Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
• Botany/Plant 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 Manoa.

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
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