Biology at Minnesota
Minnesota graduates about 952 biology majors a year, 13% of its graduating class. That puts it 28th of 692 schools we score for biology, a standout program at 88 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 161 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 97% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $64,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $535 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Minnesota
Where biology happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Health Sciences Education Center, Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Education Sciences Building, Shepherd Laboratories, Tate Laboratory of Physics, Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank Hospital, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Moos Health Sciences Tower, Wallin Medical Biosciences Building, Microbiology Research Facility, MAST Laboratory.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.
Nearby in the biology ranking
Other strong majors at Minnesota
- Education 89 · #1
- Computer science 88 · #42
- Communications & media 87 · #34
- Math & statistics 86 · #52
- Psychology 85 · #28
- English & writing 85 · #50
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota with every school we score in biology. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.