General Biomedical Sciences at West Virginia University

If you are interested in studying general biomedical sciences, you may want to check out the program at West Virginia University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269.

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

WVU General Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences

WVU General Biomedical Sciences Rankings

Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU General Biomedical Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biomedical sciences master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in biomedical sciences each year. WVU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a biomedical sciences master's degree from WVU, 63% 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 West Virginia University with a master's in biomedical sciences.

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

Related Majors

• Biology Studies

Careers That Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Medical Scientists	190	$71,850

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.