General Biology
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonThe locations with the highest concentration of General Biology degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Chicago, IL. The locations with a relatively high number of General Biology degree recipients are Duarte, CA, Bluefield, VA, and Bryn Athyn, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Biology is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Biology and the types of students that study this field. University of South Florida awards the most degrees in General Biology in the US, but Ponce Health Sciences University-St Louis and California University of Science and Medicine have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Biology.
Tuition costs for General Biology majors are, on average, $7,070 for in-state public colleges, and $33,190 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Biology programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (868 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (68,182 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Biology, is Public, 4-year or above (68,182 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Biology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of South Florida has the most General Biology degree recipients, with 1,206 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Biology.
Out of all institutions that offer General Biology programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Ponce Health Sciences University-St Louis has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Biology, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Biology by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General Biology.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Biology graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Biology majors is $109,248 and the most common occupations are Physicians, Postsecondary teachers, and Other managers.
The industry that employs the most Biology majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Offices of physicians.
The average salary for Biology majors is $109,248 and the most common occupations are Physicians, Postsecondary teachers, and Other managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Biology majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Biology majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Biology majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Biology majors, by number of employees, are Physicians, Postsecondary teachers, and Other managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Biology majors working as Biological scientists, Optometrists, and Dentists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Biology majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Biology graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.39%, from 2.62M in 2019 to 2.73M in 2020.
The largest single share of Biology graduates go on to work as Physicians (14.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Biology by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Biology majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Offices of physicians.
The highest paying industries of Biology majors, by average wage, are Offices of physicians, Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers, and Tobacco manufacturing.
The number of Biology graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.39%, from 2.62M in 2019 to 2.73M in 2020.
The industry which employs the most Biology graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Biology.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Biology majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Biology majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Biology. The most common ages of employees with this major are 29 and 30 years old, which represent 3.38% and 3.36% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Biology are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Biology are Bachelors Degree, Professional degree, and Masters Degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Biology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Biology 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 Biology. 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 (4.77 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 (84,916 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Biology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Biology majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Biology majors need more than the average amount of Quality Control Analysis, Programming, and Science.
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 Biology 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 Quality Control Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.