Biological & Biomedical Sciences is a program of study at Sweet Briar College. 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, 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 bachelor's program at Sweet Briar was ranked #343 on College Factual's Best Schools for biological and biomedical sciences list. It is also ranked #16 in Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for Sweet Briar.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Sweet Briar was $915 per credit hour 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 | $21,900 | $21,900 |
Fees | $800 | $800 |
Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,500 | $13,500 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,850 | $2,850 |
Learn more about Sweet Briar tuition and fees.
Sweet Briar does not offer an online option for its biological and biomedical sciences bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Sweet Briar Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their BS in biological and biomedical sciences in 2019-2020 were women.
Around 28.6% of biological and biomedical sciences bachelor’s degree recipients at Sweet Briar in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 11 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 3 |
*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.