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Environmental Biology at Washington University in St Louis

Environmental Biology at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449.

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

WUSTL Environmental Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Microbiology

WUSTL Environmental Biology Rankings

The environmental microbiology major at WUSTL is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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.

Environmental Microbiology Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental microbiology majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Environmental Biology Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of environmental microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental microbiology at WUSTL are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its environmental microbiology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in environmental microbiology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Environmental Microbiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental microbiology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Biological Scientists 510 $67,290

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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