General Biology at Wayne State College

What traits are you looking for in a biology school? To help you decide if Wayne State College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biology program.

WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and approximately 4,202 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 32 biology majors received their bachelor's degree from WSC.

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

WSC General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

WSC General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at WSC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at WSC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	638
Most Popular General Biology Schools	750

Biology Student Demographics at WSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at Wayne State College.

WSC General Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at WSC since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at WSC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayne State College with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	28
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WSC also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in biology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NE, the home state for Wayne State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
High School Teachers	7,880	$57,500
Medical Scientists	620	$83,110
Biological Science Professors	430	$87,040
Natural Sciences Managers	270	$89,620
Biological Scientists	150	$74,790

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.