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Molecular Biology at Vanderbilt University

Molecular Biology at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Molecular Biology section at the bottom of this page.

Vanderbilt Molecular Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Molecular Biology

Vanderbilt Molecular Biology Rankings

The molecular biology major at Vanderbilt is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Molecular 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.

Molecular Biology Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of molecular biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical molecular biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its molecular biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in molecular biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 16
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 13
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Careers That Molecular Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in molecular 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Medical Scientists 1,370 $81,390
Biological Science Professors 890 $89,030
Natural Sciences Managers 500 $111,670
Biological Scientists 370 $67,690

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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