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 Columbia University in the City of New York. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in biology, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for biology majors, Columbia came in at #18. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #2 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Columbia.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Columbia was $1,896 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,864 | $57,864 |
Fees | $2,668 | $2,668 |
Books and Supplies | $1,318 | $1,318 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,394 | $12,394 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,220 | $2,220 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Biology students who received their bachelor’s degree at Columbia took out an average of $15,012 in student loans. That is 36% lower than the national average of $23,366.
biology who receive their bachelor’s degree from Columbia make an average of $36,221 a year during the early days of their career. That is 31% higher than the national average of $27,753.
Online degrees for the Columbia biology bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.
About 52.9% of the students who received their BS in biology in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 66.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in biology at Columbia in 2019-2020, 60.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 21 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
White | 20 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biology Studies | 68 |
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 | 18 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 75 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) | 1 |
*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.