Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Biology Studies at Western Colorado University

Biology Studies at Western Colorado University

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

Western is located in Gunnison, Colorado and has a total student population of 3,203.

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.

Western Biology Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences

Western Biology Studies Rankings

The biological sciences major at Western 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 Western

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological sciences majors at Western Colorado University.

Western Biology Studies Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of biological sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% 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 Western since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

undefined

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological sciences at Western 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 Western Colorado University with a bachelor's in biological sciences.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 31
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 CO, the home state for Western Colorado University.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers 16,950 $55,110
Natural Sciences Managers 1,230 $141,750
Biological Science Professors 890 $79,730
Biological Scientists 870 $71,380
Life Scientists 80 $61,050

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.