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Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Vassar College

Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Vassar College

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

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435.

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.

Vassar Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Vassar Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

The biological & biomedical sciences major at Vassar 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 Vassar

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

Vassar Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biological & biomedical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% 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 Vassar since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 50
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Biological & Biomedical Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vassar College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology 44
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 25
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 25

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 NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Software Applications Developers 52,640 $116,830
Health Specialties Professors 22,170 $127,230
Medical Scientists 9,500 $95,170
Biological Science Professors 4,590 $102,800

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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