Biological & Biomedical Sciences at West Los Angeles College

If you plan to study biological and biomedical sciences, take a look at what West Los Angeles College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

West LA College is located in Culver City, California and approximately 11,417 students attend the school each year.

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.

West LA College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

West LA College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

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Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at West LA College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at West Los Angeles College.

West LA College Biological & Biomedical Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of biological and biomedical sciences associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in biological and biomedical sciences only graduates about 35% men each year. The program at West LA College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 25% more women than average.

West LA College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in biological and biomedical sciences graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Los Angeles College with a associate's in biological and biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 West Los Angeles College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	10

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological and 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 CA, the home state for West Los Angeles College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.