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Purdue University - Main Campus PhD in General Biology

26 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$53,984 Average Salary

General Biology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Purdue University - Main Campus. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in biology, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Biology from Purdue Cost?

$9,992 Average Tuition and Fees

Purdue Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at Purdue paid an average of $948 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $348 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $9,208 $28,010
Fees $784 $784

How Much Can You Make With a PhD in Biology From Purdue?

$53,984 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of biology students who receive their doctor’s degree from Purdue is $53,984 per year. That is 2% lower than the national average of $55,367.

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Does Purdue Offer an Online PhD in Biology?

Online degrees for the Purdue biology doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Purdue Online Learning page.

Purdue Doctorate Student Diversity for Biology

26 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
53.8% Women
15.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 26 students received their doctor’s degree in biology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in biology in 2019-2020, 53.8% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 53.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 15.4% of the biology doctor’s degrees at Purdue in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 21%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 11
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

PhD in Biology Focus Areas at Purdue

General Biology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Biology Studies 20
General Biomedical Sciences 6

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general biology.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 5
Botany/Plant Biology 6
Zoology 5

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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.

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