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 Illinois State University. 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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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. The bachelor's program at Illinois State was ranked #185 on College Factual's Best Schools for biology list. It is also ranked #6 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for Illinois State.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Illinois State paid an average of $768 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $384 per credit hour. 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 | $10,741 | $19,904 |
Fees | $2,374 | $2,374 |
Books and Supplies | $820 | $820 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,850 | $9,850 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,764 | $5,764 |
Learn more about Illinois State tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Illinois State in Biology walked away with an average of $24,962 in student debt. That is 7% higher than the national average of $23,366.
The median early career salary of biology students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Illinois State is $32,284 per year. That is 16% higher than the national average of $27,753.
Online degrees for the Illinois State 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 Illinois State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 66.7% of the biology students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 66.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 25.6% of the biology bachelor’s degrees at Illinois State in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 87 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biology Studies | 117 |
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 | 7 |
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 31 |
*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.