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Biological & Physical Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Biological & Physical Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Every biological and physical science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biological science program at University of Massachusetts Amherst stacks up to those at other schools.

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 31,642. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in biological science from UMass Amherst.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biological & Physical Science section at the bottom of this page.

UMass Amherst Biological & Physical Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Science

UMass Amherst Biological & Physical Science Rankings

The biological science major at UMass Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & Physical Science. 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 Science Student Demographics at UMass Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological science majors at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

UMass Amherst Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Program

22% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The biological science program at UMass Amherst awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 78% of these degrees went to men with the other 22% going to women. The typical biological science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Amherst since its program graduates 42% more men than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological science at UMass Amherst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UMass Amherst also has a doctoral program available in biological science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Biological Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Natural Sciences Managers 4,040 $183,490

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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