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Biological & Physical Sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Biological & Physical Sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst

If you plan to study biological & physical sciences, take a look at what University of Massachusetts Amherst has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 31,642.

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

UMass Amherst Biological & Physical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Physical Sciences

UMass Amherst Biological & Physical Sciences Rankings

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

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

UMass Amherst Biological & Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of biological & physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical biological & physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Amherst since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & physical sciences 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 & physical sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Biological & Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & physical 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 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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