The locations with the highest concentration of Biology degree recipients are , New York, NY, and San Diego, CA. The locations with a relatively high number of Biology degree recipients are Duarte, CA, Manhasset, NY, and Collegeville, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Biology is a bachelors degree.
Tuition costs for Biology majors are, on average, $8,190 for in-state public colleges, and $36,520 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Biology programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (904 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (100,755 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Biology, is Public, 4-year or above (100,755 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Biology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
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 number of Biology graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.9%, from 2.63M in 2017 to 2.73M in 2018.
The largest single share of Biology graduates go on to work as Physicians (15%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Biology by share of the total number of graduates.
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.
Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Biology in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Biology is 41.5, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Biology degrees, and White students earn the majority (81,996) of the degrees.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Biology. The most common ages of employees with this major are 27 and 29 years old, which represent 3.34% and 3.32% of the population, respectively.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Biology for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Biology. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in United Arab Emirates that hold Biology degrees (5.32 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 (79,278 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Biology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Biology majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Biology majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, 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 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 Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.