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Undergraduate Certificate in General Biology

Undergraduate Certificates in General Biology

121 Yearly Graduations
$37,453 Median Salary
70% Women
This degree is more popular with female students, and about 40% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.7% of biology graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Biology Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 121 people earned their undergraduate certificate in biology. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in biology at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 85,460
Master’s Degree 7,761
Associate Degree 7,647
Doctor’s Degree 1,911
Basic Certificate 723
Graduate Certificate 260
Undergraduate Certificate 121

Earnings of Biology Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in biology is $37,453. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $36,379 and the high is $38,528.

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Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for biology students who are undergraduate certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in biology. About 70.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 36
Women 85
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The racial-ethnic distribution of biology undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 8
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 26
White 61
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 22
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to biology that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Biological Sciences 48
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 27
Biotechnology 25
Ecology & Systematics Biology 4
Zoology 2

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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