by our College Data Analytics TeamBiological & Biomedical Sciences is a program of study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in biological and biomedical sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UIUC paid an average of $680 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $525 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $15,016 | $27,187 |
| Fees | $2,896 | $2,896 |
UIUC does not offer an online option for its biological and biomedical sciences doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIUC Online Learning page.
About 52.2% of the students who received their PhD in biological and biomedical sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 53.4%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in biological and biomedical sciences at UIUC in 2019-2020, 23.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 21%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 30 |
| International Students | 22 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 2 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 15 |
| Botany/Plant Biology | 8 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 6 |
| Microbiological Sciences & Immunology | 7 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.