by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Biology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at East Carolina University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in biology, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at ECU was $1,119 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $297 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,749 | $17,898 |
| Fees | $2,787 | $2,787 |
Online degrees for the ECU biology master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the ECU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.1% of the biology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 61.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in biology at ECU in 2019-2020, 27.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 11 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biology Studies | 11 |
| General Biomedical Sciences | 7 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general biology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 5 |
*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.