by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Biology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in biology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these 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. The biology major at New Mexico Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Here are some of the other rankings for New Mexico Tech.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at New Mexico Tech was $953 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $293 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,031 | $22,860 |
| Fees | $1,330 | $1,330 |
| Books and Supplies | $600 | $600 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $8,624 | $8,624 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,498 | $3,498 |
Learn more about New Mexico Tech tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at New Mexico Tech in Biology walked away with an average of $19,500 in student debt. That is 17% lower than the national average of $23,366.
Online degrees for the New Mexico Tech 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 New Mexico Tech Online Learning page.
Women made up around 71.4% of the biology students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 66.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in biology at New Mexico Tech in 2019-2020, 33.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 14 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Biology Studies | 16 |
| General Biomedical Sciences | 5 |
*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.
