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 DeSales University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in biology, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, 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. DeSales was ranked #104 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 #11 in Pennsylvania.
Here are some of the other rankings for DeSales.
Part-time undergraduates at DeSales paid an average of $1,605 per credit hour in 2019-2020. 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 | $38,500 | $38,500 |
Fees | $1,000 | $1,000 |
Books and Supplies | $674 | $674 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,300 | $13,300 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,720 | $3,720 |
Learn more about DeSales tuition and fees.
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 DeSales took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. 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 DeSales is $40,605 per year. That is 46% higher than the national average of $27,753.
DeSales 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 DeSales Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in biology in 2019-2020, 57.6% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 66.0%.
Around 33.3% of biology bachelor’s degree recipients at DeSales in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 21 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biology Studies | 33 |
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 | 4 |
*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.