Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Ursinus College

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

Ursinus is located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,493.

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

Ursinus Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Ursinus Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at Ursinus is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological & 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.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at Ursinus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological & biomedical sciences majors at Ursinus College.

Ursinus Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Ursinus since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological & biomedical sciences at Ursinus 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 Ursinus College with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	94
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Biological & Biomedical Sciences 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 Ursinus College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	49
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	49
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	15
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	12

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological & 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 Ursinus College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
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
• Image Credit: By Pennaboy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.