General Biomedical Sciences at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year.

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

UK General Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences

UK General Biomedical Sciences Rankings

Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at UK

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

UK General Biomedical Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of biomedical sciences master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in biomedical sciences each year. UK does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a biomedical sciences master's degree from UK, 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 Kentucky with a master's in biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Biology Studies

Careers That Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biomedical 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Medical Scientists	420	$77,160

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.