by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Biomedical Sciences. 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 Emory University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in biology, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Emory paid an average of $2,433 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $43,800 | $43,800 |
| Fees | $876 | $876 |
biology who receive their doctor’s degree from Emory make an average of $61,814 a year during the early days of their career. That is 12% higher than the national average of $55,367.
Online degrees for the Emory biology doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Emory Online Learning page.
Women made up around 64.9% of the biology students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 25.7% of the biology doctor’s degrees at Emory in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 21%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 43 |
| International Students | 9 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biomedical Sciences | 74 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general biology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 7 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 6 |
*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.
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