Biology Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year.

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.

UIC Biology Studies Degrees Available

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

UIC Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at UIC 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 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological sciences, making the school the #24 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Sciences Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 UIC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	145
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	115
White	133
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

UIC Biology Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of biological sciences master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in biological sciences each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 68% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in biological sciences.

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

Related Majors

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 Illinois at 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
• Image Credit: By Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.