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 master’s degree program in biology, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Emory was $2,433 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $43,800 | $43,800 |
| Fees | $876 | $876 |
Emory does not offer an online option for its biology master’s degree program 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 83.3% of the biology students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in biology at Emory in 2019-2020, 33.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biomedical Sciences | 6 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general biology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Genetics | 14 |
| Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 59 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 134 |
*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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