Biology Studies at Vanderbilt University

59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying biology studies, you may want to check out the program at Vanderbilt University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537.

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

Vanderbilt Biology Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences

Vanderbilt Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at Vanderbilt is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biology Studies. 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological sciences, making the school the #53 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Sciences Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

59% Women

59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical biological sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological sciences 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 biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

General Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Biological Sciences Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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