Biological & Biomedical Sciences is a program of study at North Carolina State University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in biological and biomedical sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, 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. NC State is in the top 10% of the country for biological and biomedical sciences. More specifically it was ranked #60 out of 1,006 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #4 in North Carolina.
Here are some of the other rankings for NC State.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at NC State paid an average of $888 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $218 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 | $6,535 | $26,654 |
Fees | $2,566 | $2,566 |
Books and Supplies | $1,082 | $1,082 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,602 | $11,602 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,770 | $2,770 |
Learn more about NC State tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the NC State biological and biomedical sciences bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NC State Online Learning page.
About 66.8% of the students who received their BS in biological and biomedical sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 64.5%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 28.8% of the biological and biomedical sciences bachelor’s degrees at NC State in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 64 |
Black or African American | 36 |
Hispanic or Latino | 36 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 372 |
International Students | 12 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 48 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 336 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 64 |
Botany/Plant Biology | 40 |
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology | 48 |
Zoology | 58 |
*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.