General Biology at Xavier University

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

Xavier is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and approximately 7,061 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in biology from Xavier.

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.

Xavier General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Xavier General Biology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biology progam at Xavier compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Xavier 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	309
	519
Best Value General Biology Schools	674

Earnings of Xavier Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Xavier is $25,531. This is less than $27,253, which is the national average of all biology majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Biology Student Demographics at Xavier

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

Xavier General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Biology from Xavier in 2020-2021, 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Xavier since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biology at Xavier 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 Xavier University with a bachelor's in biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Xavier also has a doctoral program available in biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)

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 OH, the home state for Xavier University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers	52,240	$61,930
Medical Scientists	3,430	$79,020
Biological Science Professors	1,850	$95,800
Natural Sciences Managers	1,000	$131,680
Biological Scientists	780	$67,780

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 Brendan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.