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Rutgers University - New Brunswick PhD in General Biology

22 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

The 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick. 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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How Much Does a Doctorate in Biology from Rutgers New Brunswick Cost?

$19,724 Average Tuition and Fees

Rutgers New Brunswick Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick paid an average of $1,256 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $739 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$17,736$30,144
Fees$1,988$1,988

Does Rutgers New Brunswick Offer an Online PhD in Biology?

Online degrees for the Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick Online Learning page.

Rutgers New Brunswick Doctorate Student Diversity for Biology

22 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
59.1% Women
22.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 22 students received their doctor’s degree in biology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 59.1% of the students who received their PhD in biology in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in biology at Rutgers New Brunswick in 2019-2020, 22.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 21%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian1
Black or African American3
Hispanic or Latino1
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White4
International Students12
Other Races/Ethnicities1

PhD in Biology Focus Areas at Rutgers New Brunswick

General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
General Biomedical Sciences22

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
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References

*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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