General Biology at University of Puerto Rico - Ponce

Every general biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biology program at University of Puerto Rico - Ponce stacks up to those at other schools.

UPR Ponce is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico and approximately 2,382 students attend the school each year. Of the 430 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Puerto Rico - Ponce in 2021, 26 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.

UPR Ponce General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

UPR Ponce General Biology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at UPR Ponce 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
Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Value General Biology Schools	29
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	332
Most Focused General Biology Schools	406
Most Popular General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	746
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	846
	853
Most Popular General Biology Schools	867
Best General Biology Schools	871
	875

Biology Student Demographics at UPR Ponce

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.

UPR Ponce General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UPR Ponce since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% 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 Puerto Rico - Ponce with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UPR Ponce 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
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)

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 PR, the home state for University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 Roca Ruiz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.