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 Cornell College. 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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Part-time undergraduates at Cornell College paid an average of $1,415 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 | $45,288 | $45,288 |
Fees | $626 | $626 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,150 | $10,150 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,253 | $3,253 |
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biology who receive their bachelor’s degree from Cornell College make an average of $18,154 a year during the early days of their career. That is 35% lower than the national average of $27,753.
Online degrees for the Cornell College 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 Cornell College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 57.1% of the biology students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 66.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in biology at Cornell College in 2019-2020, 42.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biology Studies | 7 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 23 |
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*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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