General Biology at Westmont College

Every general biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biology program at Westmont College stacks up to those at other schools.

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from Westmont.

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.

Westmont General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Westmont General Biology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biology programs across the country. The following shows how Westmont performed in these rankings.

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 Westmont 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
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Best General Biology Schools	77
	194
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
Most Focused General Biology Schools	242
Best Value General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	541
Best Value General Biology Schools	572
Most Popular General Biology Schools	904

Earnings of Westmont Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Westmont is $31,121. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $27,253 for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

Biology Student Demographics at Westmont

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

Westmont General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in biology from Westmont in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Westmont since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Westmont 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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.