Biology, General

93,835 students earn a biology, general credential each year across 1,667 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $32,422
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $60,895

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 1,346 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of San DiegoSan Diego, California79$54,2231 year out$68,950$25,000 2Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut25$52,1791 year out—$26,190 3Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts28$51,7111 year out$82,976$26,999 4Edgewood UniversityMadison, Wisconsin25$51,1341 year out$57,780$29,000 5Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, West Virginia24$49,1651 year out$57,987$21,937 6Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island31$47,7991 year out—$27,000 7Barnard CollegeNew York, New York15$47,3291 year out—$16,635 8Curry CollegeMilton, Massachusetts16$46,7361 year out—$27,000 9University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts114$46,5261 year out$77,274$26,747 10University of Sioux FallsSioux Falls, South Dakota17$46,2291 year out—$25,196 11Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan19$46,1271 year out—$30,750 12Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts32$46,0881 year out$72,757$27,000 13University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island173$45,8461 year out$74,984$24,215 14Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania55$45,6951 year out$75,938$23,128 15Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts67$45,6701 year out$73,807$27,000 16Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts137$45,4941 year out$97,536$25,000 17Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts9$45,4941 year out$97,536$25,000 18Northeastern University OaklandOakland, California0$45,4941 year out$97,536$25,000 19University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire181$45,3461 year out$73,435$27,000 20University of New Hampshire at ManchesterManchester, New Hampshire14$45,3461 year out$73,435$27,000 21Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts46$45,2751 year out$83,922$27,000 22Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut65$44,6571 year out$79,316$27,000 23Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts70$44,6261 year out$62,139$27,000 24Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania19$44,5671 year out—$28,500 25Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts66$44,4501 year out$67,630$23,625 26California State University-East BayHayward, California134$44,3701 year out$73,854$21,500 27Centenary UniversityHackettstown, New Jersey7$44,3121 year out—$26,742 28Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota36$44,1661 year out$77,085$24,450 29Marywood UniversityScranton, Pennsylvania21$43,9681 year out$61,405$27,000 30The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana44$43,9141 year out$51,573$26,718 31Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia27$43,7971 year out$79,095$23,000 32University of Southern MainePortland, Maine42$43,7221 year out$63,868$25,125 33Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana27$43,6561 year out$51,199$21,948 34Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, Illinois11$43,6411 year out$62,132$31,250 35Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York32$43,6391 year out—$17,000 36Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire17$43,6241 year out$62,182$26,000 37Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine31$43,5971 year out——38Regis CollegeWeston, Massachusetts10$43,5891 year out—$27,000 39Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa12$43,3111 year out—$27,000 40College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts49$43,2761 year out$79,688$27,000 41Ripon CollegeRipon, Wisconsin15$43,2501 year out$58,938$27,000 42Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa7$43,2371 year out$57,769$26,000 43Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin26$43,1881 year out$69,029$27,000 44East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania60$43,1821 year out$60,562$27,000 45Meredith CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina42$43,1821 year out$67,687$27,000 46Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts39$42,8521 year out$53,943$27,000 47Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts30$42,7761 year out$64,665$27,000 48DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, Pennsylvania55$42,7511 year out$73,624$27,000 49University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts206$42,7211 year out$67,991$25,000 50Linfield UniversityMcMinnville, Oregon14$42,6771 year out$44,884$27,000 51William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey51$42,4921 year out$74,145$25,860 52Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Massachusetts39$42,4721 year out—$24,999 53Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts35$42,2521 year out$73,907$27,000 54Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota37$42,1281 year out$64,316$28,619 55Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut62$41,9731 year out$61,609$24,770 56Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania50$41,8851 year out$78,669$17,000 57Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden-Sydney, Virginia22$41,8761 year out$59,350$24,500 58Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts24$41,5061 year out—$27,000 59Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts32$41,2501 year out$70,713$27,000 60Drake UniversityDes Moines, Iowa8$41,2261 year out$68,796$25,343 61Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts59$41,2131 year out—$13,454 62University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts44$41,2041 year out$66,578$26,614 63Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey18$41,1811 year out$68,419$26,977 64Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania20$41,1221 year out$69,485—65Coe CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa29$41,1121 year out$57,710$27,000 66Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut22$41,0671 year out$56,157$23,045 67Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado134$41,0181 year out$56,962$29,587 68Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, Virginia23$40,9801 year out$64,660$23,250 69Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, Massachusetts28$40,9641 year out—$27,000 70Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan282$40,9591 year out$52,780$26,748 71St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota29$40,9371 year out—$27,000 72Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri29$40,9361 year out$48,681$24,935 73Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York57$40,9351 year out$69,310$19,892 74Westminster UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah15$40,9191 year out—$21,000 75Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska7$40,7411 year out$66,533$28,031 76Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, Pennsylvania31$40,6921 year out$54,709$27,000 77Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island28$40,5251 year out$80,343$27,000 78University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri172$40,4831 year out$70,410$21,500 79University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts371$40,4271 year out$68,103$27,000 80University of Minnesota-MorrisMorris, Minnesota29$40,4151 year out$58,091$18,500 81Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois64$40,3921 year out$60,795$14,031 82Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts153$40,1651 year out$67,946$27,000 83Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana290$40,1451 year out$77,863$20,380 84Arcadia UniversityGlenside, Pennsylvania66$40,1101 year out$72,595$27,000 85Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire13$40,0881 year out—$27,000 86Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut25$39,9771 year out$63,819$25,448 87Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island36$39,9101 year out$68,594$26,949 88University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana28$39,9091 year out$62,600$27,000 89CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York124$39,8101 year out$53,711$13,980 90Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York42$39,8071 year out$75,369$27,000 91University of DelawareNewark, Delaware177$39,7461 year out$78,770$25,261 92Cleveland University-Kansas CityOverland Park, Kansas39$39,7241 year out$53,953$16,625 93William Peace UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina17$39,7101 year out—$28,500 94University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut23$39,6281 year out$66,604$27,000 95Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island117$39,6161 year out$88,809$27,000 96Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California18$39,5481 year out$91,956$27,000 97Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont24$39,4711 year out$43,288—98Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, South Carolina8$39,4641 year out——99University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho17$39,3681 year out$51,694$21,250 100Delaware State UniversityDover, Delaware39$39,3271 year out$51,021$26,000

Associate programs — top 100 of 329 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Union Adventist UniversityLincoln, Nebraska16$74,5931 year out—$30,875 2St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas0$35,6991 year out—$12,718 3Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas53$34,5601 year out$56,234$13,375 4Reedley CollegeReedley, California103$30,5201 year out$49,703$6,500 5Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas0$28,9231 year out$41,429$10,708 6South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas116$28,7911 year out$34,637$6,602 7Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan111$28,4801 year out$44,663$13,250 8San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas0$26,8351 year out$51,392$9,500 9CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York71$26,1711 year out$36,720$9,241 10Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland CampusVineland, New Jersey86$25,0261 year out$44,084$9,500 11Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusSewell, New Jersey15$25,0261 year out$44,084$9,500 12Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas582$24,6211 year out—$11,005 13Fresno City CollegeFresno, California178$22,7411 year out$47,717$6,625 14Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas53$21,2881 year out$37,230$10,913 15El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas111$17,3141 year out$36,028$9,000 16San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California62$15,7311 year out$53,218$6,500 17Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California293—1 year out——18Yuba CollegeMarysville, California245—1 year out——19Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California205—1 year out——20Clovis Community CollegeFresno, California189—1 year out——21Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California121—1 year out——22Madera Community CollegeMadera, California111—1 year out——23Los Angeles Harbor CollegeWilmington, California106—1 year out——24San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California106—1 year out$51,811$7,611 25Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California87—1 year out——26City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California81—1 year out——27Citrus CollegeGlendora, California76—1 year out——28Napa Valley CollegeNapa, California76—1 year out——29San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California76—1 year out$51,184$9,500 30Sierra CollegeRocklin, California76—1 year out——31Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California72—1 year out——32Mission CollegeSanta Clara, California69—1 year out$82,066—33Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi61—1 year out$36,373—34Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California60—1 year out——35Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California57—1 year out——36Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville, Georgia56—1 year out$34,889$9,873 37Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California54—1 year out——38Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California51—1 year out——39Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia50—1 year out——40Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California49—1 year out——41Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California49—1 year out——42Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California49—1 year out——43Clark CollegeVancouver, Washington48—1 year out——44Taft CollegeTaft, California47—1 year out——45Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah47—1 year out——46Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California45—1 year out——47Los Angeles Pierce CollegeWoodland Hills, California44—1 year out——48Las Positas CollegeLivermore, California44—1 year out——49Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico43—1 year out——50Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California42—1 year out——51Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey42—1 year out$42,017—52Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California40—1 year out——53Ventura CollegeVentura, California40—1 year out——54College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada40—1 year out—$10,061 55Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma39—1 year out—$9,017 56Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas39—1 year out——57Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California38—1 year out——58Golden West CollegeHuntington Beach, California37—1 year out——59CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York37—1 year out$40,194—60Northern Oklahoma CollegeTonkawa, Oklahoma36—1 year out——61Pierce College DistrictLakewood, Washington36—1 year out——62College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California35—1 year out——63Los Medanos CollegePittsburg, California35—1 year out——64Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California34—1 year out——65Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut34—1 year out——66Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts34—1 year out——67Temple CollegeTemple, Texas34—1 year out$39,049—68Bristol Community CollegeFall River, Massachusetts32—1 year out—$11,500 69Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana31—1 year out——70East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi31—1 year out$33,121—71Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas31—1 year out——72Odessa CollegeOdessa, Texas31—1 year out——73Chabot CollegeHayward, California30—1 year out——74East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California28—1 year out——75Evergreen Valley CollegeSan Jose, California28—1 year out——76Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, California28—1 year out——77Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California28—1 year out——78Cascadia CollegeBothell, Washington28—1 year out——79Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California27—1 year out——80Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi27—1 year out——81Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California26—1 year out——82Solano Community CollegeFairfield, California26—1 year out——83University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio26—1 year out—$17,032 84South Puget Sound Community CollegeOlympia, Washington26—1 year out——85Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California25—1 year out——86De Anza CollegeCupertino, California25—1 year out——87Folsom Lake CollegeFolsom, California25—1 year out$72,656—88El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California24—1 year out$39,725—89College of San MateoSan Mateo, California24—1 year out——90Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania24—1 year out——91Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah24—1 year out——92Chandler-Gilbert Community CollegeChandler, Arizona24—1 year out——93Monterey Peninsula CollegeMonterey, California23—1 year out——94St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri23—1 year out——95Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California22—1 year out——96College of the SequoiasVisalia, California22—1 year out——97Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania22—1 year out——98Skyline CollegeSan Bruno, California21—1 year out——99Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri21—1 year out——100Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania21—1 year out—$17,250

Certificate programs — 33 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina—$39,6021 year out—$19,000 2University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin1$35,3041 year out—$26,010 3Ventura CollegeVentura, California211—1 year out——4Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio142—1 year out——5University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin128—1 year out——6University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest City, Arkansas61—1 year out——7City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California57—1 year out——8Los Angeles Harbor CollegeWilmington, California45—1 year out——9Canadian Valley Technology CenterEl Reno, Oklahoma23—1 year out——10Metro Technology CentersOklahoma City, Oklahoma22—1 year out——11Red River Technology CenterDuncan, Oklahoma16—1 year out——12Meridian Technology CenterStillwater, Oklahoma14—1 year out——13Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma14—1 year out——14Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas13—1 year out——15Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California11—1 year out——16Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California10—1 year out——17Northern State UniversityAberdeen, South Dakota9—1 year out——18Moore Norman Technology CenterNorman, Oklahoma9—1 year out——19Western Technology CenterBurns Flat, Oklahoma8—1 year out——20Temple CollegeTemple, Texas7—1 year out——21University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio6—1 year out——22La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California5—1 year out——23Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona4—1 year out——24Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana4—1 year out——25Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas4—1 year out——26Southwest Technology CenterAltus, Oklahoma4—1 year out——27Ohlone CollegeFremont, California3—1 year out——28Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California3—1 year out——29Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois3—1 year out——30Central Technology CenterDrumright, Oklahoma3—1 year out——31Pioneer Technology CenterPonca City, Oklahoma2—1 year out——32University of the Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands1—1 year out——33Folsom Lake CollegeFolsom, California1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).