Santa Monica College Associate in Biological & Physical Science

407 Associate Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is Biological & Physical Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Biological & Physical Science is a major offered under the multi / interdisciplinary studies program of study at Santa Monica College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major associate degree program in biological science, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Undergraduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does an Associate in Biological Science from SMC Cost?

$1,148 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

SMC Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at SMC was $375 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $46 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$1,104	$9,000
Fees	$44	$44
Books and Supplies	$1,746	$1,746

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Does SMC Offer an Online Associate in Biological Science?

SMC does not offer an online option for its biological science associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SMC Online Learning page.

SMC Associate Student Diversity for Biological Science

407 Associate Degrees Awarded

62.7% Women

57.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 407 students received their associate degree in biological science. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 62.7% of the biological science students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 60.0%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 57.5% of the biological science associate degrees at SMC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 63%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	140
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	129
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Associate in Biological Science Focus Areas at SMC

Biological & Physical Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Biological & Physical Sciences	407

References

*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.