Biological & Biomedical Sciences is a program of study at Vassar College. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in biological and biomedical sciences, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Vassar is in the top 10% of the country for biological and biomedical sciences. More specifically it was ranked #65 out of 1,006 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #5 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Vassar.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Vassar was $1,842 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $60,030 | $60,030 |
Fees | $980 | $980 |
Books and Supplies | $900 | $900 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,990 | $14,990 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,350 | $1,350 |
Learn more about Vassar tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Vassar biological and biomedical sciences bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Vassar Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in biological and biomedical sciences in 2019-2020, 64.0% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 64.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in biological and biomedical sciences at Vassar in 2019-2020, 41.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 42%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 26 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 61 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 52 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 22 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 40 |
*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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