Biology Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University

If you plan to study biology studies, take a look at what Virginia Commonwealth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.

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.

VCU Biology Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Biological Sciences

VCU Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at VCU 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.

Biological Sciences Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% 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 VCU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	125
Black or African American	59
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	80
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

VCU Biology Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biological sciences master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in biological sciences each year. VCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

Of the students who received a biological sciences master's degree from VCU, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a master's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Biological Science Professors	1,860	$81,950
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Biological Scientists	540	$93,750
Life Scientists	100	$68,730

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.