The main focus area for this major is Biology Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Biology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Stevenson University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in biology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Stevenson was ranked #510 on College Factual's Best Schools for biology list. It is also ranked #11 in Maryland.
Here are some of the other rankings for Stevenson.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Stevenson was $885 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $35,204 | $35,204 |
Fees | $2,664 | $2,664 |
Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,966 | $13,966 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,900 | $2,900 |
Learn more about Stevenson tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Biology students who received their bachelor’s degree at Stevenson took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 16% higher than the national average of $23,366.
The median early career salary of biology students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Stevenson is $26,933 per year. That is 3% lower than the national average of $27,753.
Online degrees for the Stevenson biology bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Stevenson Online Learning page.
About 79.5% of the students who received their BS in biology in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 66.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in biology at Stevenson in 2019-2020, 50.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 12 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 21 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biology Studies | 44 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general biology.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 17 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.