General Biology at University of North Alabama

If you plan to study general biology, take a look at what University of North Alabama has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNA is located in Florence, Alabama and approximately 8,086 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,333 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Alabama in 2021, 50 of them were general biology majors.

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.

UNA General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

UNA General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at UNA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at UNA 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	162
	168
Best Value General Biology Schools	182
Most Focused General Biology Schools	992

Earnings of UNA Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNA is $31,781. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $27,253 for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

Biology Student Demographics at UNA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at University of North Alabama.

UNA General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 50 biology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNA, about 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UNA since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at UNA 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 North Alabama with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNA also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 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 AL, the home state for University of North Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers	16,270	$51,180
Biological Scientists	260	$67,200
Medical Scientists	180	$90,300
Natural Sciences Managers	170	$112,140
Life Scientists	120	$99,720

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 User:Altairisfar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.