Environmental Biology at Whitman College

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and has a total student population of 1,360.

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

Whitman Environmental Biology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Microbiology

Whitman Environmental Biology Rankings

The environmental microbiology major at Whitman is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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.

Environmental Microbiology Student Demographics at Whitman

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental microbiology majors at Whitman College.

Whitman Environmental Biology Bachelor’s Program

63% Women

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of environmental microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical environmental microbiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental microbiology at Whitman 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 Whitman College with a bachelor's in environmental microbiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Environmental Microbiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental microbiology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Biological Scientists	1,270	$85,200

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
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