General Biomedical Sciences at University of Pennsylvania

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a biomedical sciences school? To help you decide if University of Pennsylvania is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biomedical sciences program.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 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.

UPenn General Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences

UPenn General Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biomedical sciences major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Biomedical 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.

Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn General Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

43% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical biomedical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences at UPenn 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Medical Scientists	7,970	$114,370

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
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