General Biomedical Sciences
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of General Biomedical Sciences degree recipients are Colton, CA, Bluefield, VA, and Terrace Heights, WA. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Biomedical Sciences is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Biomedical Sciences and the types of students that study this field. University of South Florida awards the most degrees in General Biomedical Sciences in the US, but Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (481535) and The Rockefeller University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Biomedical Sciences.
Tuition costs for General Biomedical Sciences majors are, on average, $8,832 for in-state public colleges, and $35,548 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Biomedical Sciences programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (159 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (6,909 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Biomedical Sciences, is Public, 4-year or above (6,909 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Biomedical Sciences programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of South Florida has the most General Biomedical Sciences degree recipients, with 747 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Biomedical Sciences.
Out of all institutions that offer General Biomedical Sciences programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (481535) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Biomedical Sciences, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Biomedical Sciences by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Biology in the United States.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Biomedical Sciences are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Biomedical Sciences.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Biomedical Sciences for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General Biomedical Sciences.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in United Arab Emirates that hold Biology degrees (3.87 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (92,609 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Biomedical Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Biomedical Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Biomedical Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Science, Programming, and Operations Analysis.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Biomedical Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Science are the three most important skills for people in the field.
