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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in biology, such as diversity 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 Rutgers New Brunswick was $1,256 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $739 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $17,736 | $30,144 |
| Fees | $1,988 | $1,988 |
The median early career salary of biology students who receive their master’s degree from Rutgers New Brunswick is $41,193 per year. That is 3% lower than the national average of $42,316.
Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick Online Learning page.
About 61.2% of the students who received their MS in biology in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 61.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in biology at Rutgers New Brunswick in 2019-2020, 60.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 92 |
| Black or African American | 46 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 98 |
| International Students | 10 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 16 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biomedical Sciences | 289 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general biology.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Botany/Plant Biology | 2 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 3 |
| Microbiological Sciences & Immunology | 5 |
| Zoology | 1 |
| Genetics | 11 |
*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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