The main focus area for this major is Biology Studies. 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 Augustana College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in biology, 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. Augustana was ranked #128 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for biology majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #4 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for Augustana.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Augustana was $1,882 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $45,136 | $45,136 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,216 | $11,216 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,200 | $1,200 |
Learn more about Augustana tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Augustana in Biology walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 16% higher than the national average of $23,366.
The median early career salary of biology students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Augustana is $28,236 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $27,753.
Augustana does not offer an online option for its biology bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Augustana Online Learning page.
Women made up around 78.8% of the biology students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 66.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in biology at Augustana in 2019-2020, 23.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 71 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biology Studies | 99 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general biology.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 29 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 29 |
*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.