by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Biology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Johns Hopkins University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in biology, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Johns Hopkins paid an average of $1,900 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $57,010 | $57,010 |
| Fees | $2,415 | $2,415 |
biology who receive their doctor’s degree from Johns Hopkins make an average of $67,660 a year during the early days of their career. That is 22% higher than the national average of $55,367.
Online degrees for the Johns Hopkins 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 Johns Hopkins Online Learning page.
Women made up around 48.1% of the biology students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 53.6%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in biology at Johns Hopkins in 2019-2020, 29.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 21%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 15 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biology Studies | 18 |
| General Biomedical Sciences | 9 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general biology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 52 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 19 |
| Genetics | 18 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 8 |
| Pharmacology & Toxicology | 8 |
*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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