General Biology at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying general biology, you may want to check out the program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNM General Biology Degrees Available

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

UNM General Biology Rankings

The biology major at UNM 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in biology, making the school the #61 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biology Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	76
White	68
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UNM General Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of biology master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

Of the students who received a biology master's degree from UNM, 57% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Biology

General Biology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biology Studies	268

Related Majors

• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers	7,010	$55,380
Biological Scientists	410	$73,610
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$104,030
Medical Scientists	370	$87,850
Life Scientists	90	$54,850

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.