Biology Studies at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 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.

WUSTL Biology Studies Degrees Available

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

WUSTL Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at WUSTL 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 WUSTL

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

WUSTL Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

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 WUSTL since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

WUSTL Biology Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of biological sciences master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in biological sciences each year. WUSTL does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the biological sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 4% better 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 master's in biological sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
High School Teachers	27,930	$54,280
Biological Science Professors	1,030	$102,830
Natural Sciences Managers	670	$116,190
Biological Scientists	510	$67,290
Life Scientists	40	$63,230

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.