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Ranked at #8 in College Factual's most recent rankings, Cornell is in the top 1% of the country for biology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #2 in New York.
Ranking Type | Rank |
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Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools | 3 |
Best General Biology Graduate Degree Schools | 4 |
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 6 |
Best General Biology Schools | 8 |
During the 2021-2022 academic year, Cornell University handed out 290 bachelor's degrees in general biology. This is a decrease of 5% over the previous year when 306 degrees were handed out.
In 2022, 1 students received their master’s degree in biology from Cornell. This makes it the #368 most popular school for biology master’s degree candidates in the country.
In addition, 8 students received their doctoral degrees in biology in 2022, making the school the #61 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Biology majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Cornell go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $34,500 a year. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is higher than the national average of $32,337 for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.
The typical student loan payment of a bachelor's degree student from the biology program at Cornell is $624 per month.
Part-time undergraduates at Cornell paid an average of $1,750 per credit hour in 2022-2023. This tuition was the same 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 | |
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Tuition | $65,204 | $65,204 |
Fees | $810 | $810 |
Books and Supplies | $1,354 | $1,354 |
On Campus Room and Board | $18,554 | $18,554 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,218 | $2,218 |
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In the 2021-2022 academic year, 290 students earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Cornell. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in biology.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 70 |
Black or African American | 18 |
Hispanic or Latino | 45 |
White | 88 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 19 |
Other Races | 50 |
Cornell 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 Cornell Online Learning page.
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biology majors at Cornell University.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) | 190 |
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics | 28 |
Zoology | 17 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 16 |
Genetics | 13 |
More about our data sources and methodologies.