Biology: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of biology graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 843 colleges. National median: $37,360, rising to $58,339 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Bellevue University	NE	$55,523	$54,821	—
2	Excelsior University	NY	$55,060	$63,977	—
3	Edgewood University	WI	$54,761	$69,355	$25,668
4	Dominican University of California	CA	$53,182	$75,913	$26,938
5	Roosevelt University	IL	$53,122	$63,274	$21,848
6	Williams College	MA	$52,790	$65,357	$8,000
7	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	PA	$52,481	$65,948	$25,448
8	Colby College	ME	$52,410	—	—
9	Fitchburg State University	MA	$52,241	$65,991	$20,165
10	Saint Joseph's College of Maine	ME	$52,181	$71,384	—
11	University of Maine at Augusta	ME	$51,790	$50,244	—
12	Wellesley College	MA	$51,735	$58,285	$11,618
13	Western New England University	MA	$51,011	$62,871	$25,953
14	California State University-East Bay	CA	$50,957	$74,010	$18,000
15	Bridgewater State University	MA	$50,574	$60,880	$23,500
16	Grand View University	IA	$50,272	$66,623	—
17	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$50,190	$71,059	$21,500
18	Suffolk University	MA	$50,054	$67,377	$27,000
19	Saint Cloud State University	MN	$49,973	$62,595	$21,500
20	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$49,783	$76,149	$22,500
21	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$49,706	$75,018	$27,000
22	Worcester State University	MA	$49,661	$68,459	$16,729
23	University of Saint Mary	KS	$49,544	$66,649	$25,125
24	Salem State University	MA	$49,073	$67,551	$23,000
25	DeSales University	PA	$48,898	$76,125	$27,000
26	Stonehill College	MA	$48,821	$81,361	$23,250
27	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$48,714	$69,417	$21,500
28	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$48,692	$77,076	$25,750
29	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	NH	$48,692	$77,076	$25,750
30	Saint Michael's College	VT	$48,601	$64,203	$26,500
31	Westminster University	UT	$48,486	$51,622	—
32	Hobart William Smith Colleges	NY	$48,402	$62,737	$27,000
33	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$48,263	$65,815	$21,500
34	Millikin University	IL	$48,136	$64,834	$22,500
35	Boston College	MA	$47,992	$83,614	$19,000
36	Quinnipiac University	CT	$47,981	$70,632	$22,535
37	Saint Johns University	MN	$47,976	$71,560	$21,500
38	Metropolitan State University	MN	$47,902	$63,149	$14,187
39	Gordon College	MA	$47,838	—	$24,851
40	Dominican University New York	NY	$47,644	—	—
41	Elon University	NC	$47,632	$53,369	$24,732
42	University of Redlands	CA	$47,519	$66,639	$24,460
43	University of Southern Maine	ME	$47,501	$58,164	$20,250
44	University of Wyoming	WY	$47,325	$58,479	$11,500
45	Maryville University of Saint Louis	MO	$47,265	$61,722	$18,862
46	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	WI	$47,222	$50,540	$20,250
47	Connecticut College	CT	$47,158	$88,308	$27,000
48	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$47,074	$60,170	$25,000
49	Santa Clara University	CA	$46,955	$100,198	$19,500
50	Bemidji State University	MN	$46,951	$50,548	$20,000
51	Ohio Northern University	OH	$46,944	$70,147	$27,000
52	Hamline University	MN	$46,929	$49,824	$21,250
53	Central Washington University	WA	$46,821	$56,154	$18,958
54	Emmanuel College	MA	$46,807	$69,269	$27,000
55	SUNY Brockport	NY	$46,733	$63,596	$19,500
56	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$46,673	$92,914	$19,375
57	Black Hills State University	SD	$46,656	$40,967	—
58	Providence College	RI	$46,526	$93,757	$27,000
59	University of San Francisco	CA	$46,399	$69,440	$25,000
60	University of Indianapolis	IN	$46,316	$67,270	$26,991
61	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$46,277	$57,920	$21,250
62	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$46,265	$63,320	$22,875
63	Hamilton College	NY	$46,195	—	$14,000
64	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$46,178	$68,435	$13,801
65	Hartwick College	NY	$46,165	$61,662	—
66	Seattle University	WA	$46,105	$58,242	$19,500
67	Norwich University	VT	$46,022	$63,374	—
68	Saint Anselm College	NH	$45,981	—	$27,000
69	Westfield State University	MA	$45,926	$64,904	$21,500
70	Athens State University	AL	$45,833	$56,511	—
71	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$45,825	$69,854	$18,576
72	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	SC	$45,772	$75,825	$14,888
73	Haverford College	PA	$45,685	—	—
74	Rhode Island College	RI	$45,605	$58,779	$14,645
75	Virginia Military Institute	VA	$45,584	$71,547	$25,379
76	Shepherd University	WV	$45,563	$64,154	$20,952
77	Vermont State University	VT	$45,528	—	$26,886
78	Point Loma Nazarene University	CA	$45,440	$65,365	$18,500
79	Framingham State University	MA	$45,290	$59,676	$25,500
80	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$45,212	$72,726	$22,500
81	Drexel University	PA	$45,187	$72,197	$24,832
82	Clarkson University	NY	$45,100	$77,791	$23,250
83	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	$45,030	$53,567	$13,650
84	Western Connecticut State University	CT	$45,012	$52,458	$20,250
85	North Carolina Central University	NC	$45,006	$54,192	$26,000
86	University of St Francis	IL	$44,942	$58,363	$19,472
87	Winona State University	MN	$44,941	$57,528	$19,500
88	Elizabeth City State University	NC	$44,910	$53,625	$26,625
89	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$44,866	$53,698	$22,250
90	Minnesota State University Moorhead	MN	$44,805	$64,455	$17,474
91	San Francisco State University	CA	$44,755	$74,204	$15,000
92	The Catholic University of America	DC	$44,532	—	—
93	St. Mary's College of Maryland	MD	$44,492	$66,097	$24,283
94	Presbyterian College	SC	$44,433	$70,511	$20,500
95	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	TX	$44,396	$59,307	$26,000
96	University of San Diego	CA	$44,375	$59,950	$21,403
97	East Carolina University	NC	$44,349	$64,205	$20,337
98	George Washington University	DC	$44,107	$70,444	$20,500
99	College of Saint Benedict	MN	$44,066	$60,050	$26,331
100	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$44,060	$53,507	$22,107
101	Assumption University	MA	$44,042	$83,706	$27,000
102	Arcadia University	PA	$43,888	$73,377	$27,000
103	Brigham Young University-Hawaii	HI	$43,862	—	$10,125
104	University of Utah	UT	$43,797	$62,950	$15,351
105	Dickinson College	PA	$43,718	$57,103	$21,500
106	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$43,709	$56,830	$17,830
107	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	NY	$43,658	$54,176	$12,000
108	New York University	NY	$43,655	$58,513	$16,250
109	Longwood University	VA	$43,619	$49,777	$24,350
110	University of Rhode Island	RI	$43,604	$80,379	$20,131
111	Dallas Baptist University	TX	$43,590	$60,722	$17,150
112	University of New Haven	CT	$43,563	$70,843	$27,000
113	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	$43,562	$53,306	—
114	Lafayette College	PA	$43,526	$82,109	$12,000
115	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	WI	$43,496	$60,928	$22,000
116	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	$43,476	$78,327	$19,500
117	Northeastern University	MA	$43,476	$78,327	$19,500
118	Northeastern University Professional Programs	MA	$43,476	$78,327	$19,500
119	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$43,456	$60,198	$21,174
120	Lindenwood University	MO	$43,357	$50,669	$27,000
121	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	$43,346	$58,290	$17,750
122	Lycoming College	PA	$43,339	$64,552	$27,000
123	East Texas A&M University	TX	$43,300	$55,100	$19,125
124	Saint Edward's University	TX	$43,291	$60,546	$23,250
125	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$43,239	$67,446	$20,750
126	Roger Williams University	RI	$43,229	$71,652	$26,856
127	Marywood University	PA	$43,224	$57,765	$27,000
128	University of Minnesota-Morris	MN	$43,205	$61,374	$12,856
129	Moravian University	PA	$43,183	$76,210	$26,000
130	San Diego State University	CA	$43,128	$68,861	$13,812
131	California State University-Stanislaus	CA	$43,028	$59,229	$12,734
132	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$42,985	$61,775	$15,057
133	University of Chicago	IL	$42,951	$59,794	$12,000
134	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$42,875	$59,419	—
135	Life University	GA	$42,866	$57,278	$17,167
136	Butler University	IN	$42,852	—	$21,160
137	Kean University	NJ	$42,838	$61,291	$19,534
138	Dartmouth College	NH	$42,777	$87,026	$15,500
139	Brandeis University	MA	$42,749	$58,384	$17,500
140	Villanova University	PA	$42,708	$73,933	$27,000
141	Keene State College	NH	$42,707	$72,593	—
142	Augustana University	SD	$42,706	$67,630	$27,000
143	Angelo State University	TX	$42,685	$48,938	$16,156
144	Cornell University	NY	$42,665	$69,083	$12,500
145	St Lawrence University	NY	$42,641	$69,386	$27,000
146	University of Illinois Springfield	IL	$42,638	$59,817	$15,776
147	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$42,629	$57,443	$20,697
148	Niagara University	NY	$42,606	$76,973	$27,000
149	Carlow University	PA	$42,599	$134,677	$26,774
150	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$42,593	$58,231	$16,546
151	Siena University	NY	$42,592	$73,491	$27,000
152	Smith College	MA	$42,533	$63,133	$11,375
153	Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	$42,521	$54,202	$27,000
154	Union College	NY	$42,512	$87,208	$24,167
155	Valparaiso University	IN	$42,479	$61,072	$27,000
156	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$42,473	$59,443	$15,000
157	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$42,473	$59,443	$15,000
158	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$42,473	$59,443	$15,000
159	Utica University	NY	$42,470	—	$17,175
160	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$42,469	$57,483	$23,250
161	Fairfield University	CT	$42,460	$84,156	$27,000
162	Georgetown College	KY	$42,449	$68,191	$23,250
163	Texas A&M University-Texarkana	TX	$42,449	$56,504	$18,375
164	Brown University	RI	$42,441	$60,508	$12,000
165	Lamar University	TX	$42,433	$50,674	$27,500
166	St Catherine University	MN	$42,332	$64,834	$25,250
167	California State University-Monterey Bay	CA	$42,250	$55,654	$11,000
168	Sonoma State University	CA	$42,178	$56,345	$15,000
169	Columbia College	MO	$42,109	$48,950	$24,250
170	Westmont College	CA	$41,976	$75,889	$26,949
171	Purdue University Northwest	IN	$41,955	$48,094	$18,500
172	California State University-San Marcos	CA	$41,912	$70,789	$20,629
173	St Olaf College	MN	$41,865	$62,818	$23,250
174	Saint Mary's College of California	CA	$41,841	—	$25,038
175	University of California-Merced	CA	$41,737	$59,249	$13,500
176	Duquesne University	PA	$41,727	$70,958	$25,000
177	Pittsburg State University	KS	$41,666	$56,733	$20,500
178	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$41,652	$59,183	$18,725
179	Delaware Valley University	PA	$41,636	$55,244	$24,250
180	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$41,585	$53,077	$19,113
181	Meredith College	NC	$41,567	$60,099	$25,000
182	Salisbury University	MD	$41,565	$62,407	$18,448
183	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$41,525	$62,124	$18,709
184	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	ND	$41,503	$58,662	$21,500
185	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$41,475	$50,722	$27,761
186	Boston University	MA	$41,472	$61,610	$19,000
187	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$41,442	$71,026	$18,565
188	University of Mary Washington	VA	$41,411	$61,864	$19,500
189	Shenandoah University	VA	$41,246	$66,070	$19,500
190	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$41,194	$69,005	$17,097
191	Howard University	DC	$41,189	$60,923	$23,250
192	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$41,163	$60,059	$19,953
193	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	WI	$41,134	$60,875	$19,500
194	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$41,116	$65,807	$13,500
195	SUNY Buffalo State University	NY	$41,086	$48,735	$18,743
196	East Central University	OK	$41,077	$49,124	—
197	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$41,066	$57,392	$26,000
198	The University of Tampa	FL	$41,059	$59,432	$21,500
199	Mercy University	NY	$41,054	$62,849	$21,873
200	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	NY	$41,046	$67,359	$22,091
201	Bucknell University	PA	$41,039	$85,687	$27,000
202	University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$41,030	$56,787	$19,661
203	Temple University	PA	$41,018	$72,134	$23,250
204	Texas State University	TX	$41,009	$55,605	$19,187
205	Texas Lutheran University	TX	$40,980	$47,301	$18,875
206	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	MA	$40,968	$43,012	$24,964
207	Winston-Salem State University	NC	$40,968	$47,527	$27,000
208	Concordia University-Irvine	CA	$40,967	$83,082	$27,000
209	Tennessee State University	TN	$40,952	$59,855	$19,276
210	State University of New York at Oswego	NY	$40,945	$58,932	$18,021
211	Hope College	MI	$40,868	$54,538	$23,391
212	Lipscomb University	TN	$40,857	$54,965	$16,750
213	Wofford College	SC	$40,797	$61,484	$26,243
214	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$40,787	$56,037	$18,500
215	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$40,787	$56,037	$18,500
216	Aurora University	IL	$40,781	$52,159	$15,000
217	Washington College	MD	$40,767	$55,165	$26,344
218	Berry College	GA	$40,757	$64,249	$20,000
219	Hanover College	IN	$40,730	$61,030	—
220	Gannon University	PA	$40,730	$60,846	$27,000
221	University of Oregon	OR	$40,672	$51,459	$20,491
222	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$40,653	$63,317	$20,125
223	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$40,586	$62,384	$15,000
224	Lewis University	IL	$40,561	$59,075	$21,750
225	Towson University	MD	$40,534	$53,793	$19,562
226	Marquette University	WI	$40,479	$88,921	$24,109
227	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$40,477	$45,992	$21,500
228	Coe College	IA	$40,455	$62,172	$27,000
229	Morgan State University	MD	$40,432	$53,617	$27,628
230	Webster University	MO	$40,415	$56,671	$24,750
231	Rogers State University	OK	$40,382	$54,227	$22,000
232	La Salle University	PA	$40,368	$73,920	$19,500
233	Bloomfield College of Montclair State University	NJ	$40,311	$67,541	$19,614
234	Montclair State University	NJ	$40,311	$67,541	$19,614
235	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$40,287	$53,470	$22,256
236	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	PA	$40,194	$55,033	$23,036
237	Northern Illinois University	IL	$40,191	$52,086	$20,500
238	California State University-Chico	CA	$40,177	$71,726	$22,984
239	Southern Connecticut State University	CT	$40,175	$67,791	$22,042
240	Colorado State University Pueblo	CO	$40,151	$58,607	$23,015
241	Rowan University	NJ	$40,135	$64,921	$15,000
242	Eastern Oregon University	OR	$40,121	—	—
243	University of Connecticut	CT	$40,100	$71,160	$21,500
244	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$40,100	$71,160	$21,500
245	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$40,100	$71,160	$21,500
246	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$40,100	$71,160	$21,500
247	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$40,100	$71,160	$21,500
248	Barton College	NC	$40,091	—	$26,500
249	Holy Family University	PA	$40,077	$67,285	$27,000
250	Tufts University	MA	$39,991	$76,782	$15,250
251	Drury University	MO	$39,949	$49,387	$23,250
252	Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies	MO	$39,949	$49,387	$23,250
253	Hardin-Simmons University	TX	$39,901	$52,005	$19,750
254	Texas Tech University	TX	$39,880	$57,789	$20,000
255	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	MD	$39,876	$58,580	$25,000
256	Western Michigan University	MI	$39,855	$59,249	$25,000
257	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$39,853	$79,163	$12,000
258	Illinois State University	IL	$39,836	$63,725	$17,625
259	Hampton University	VA	$39,787	$49,539	$24,406
260	Portland State University	OR	$39,784	$54,934	$18,833
261	Lehigh University	PA	$39,722	$75,611	$21,794
262	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	$39,693	$82,769	$26,816
263	Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster	PA	$39,693	$82,769	$26,816
264	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$39,660	$52,187	$23,250
265	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$39,658	$52,194	$21,500
266	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$39,645	$56,999	$14,450
267	University of Northern Iowa	IA	$39,564	$62,391	$15,000
268	Ithaca College	NY	$39,560	$55,643	$19,000
269	University of Vermont	VT	$39,538	$50,813	$19,500
270	University of Alaska Fairbanks	AK	$39,532	$41,862	$23,064
271	Goucher College	MD	$39,503	—	—
272	Harris-Stowe State University	MO	$39,470	$48,694	$21,196
273	Virginia Wesleyan University	VA	$39,462	—	$25,000
274	Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	$39,435	$62,925	$23,250
275	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$39,431	$55,358	$18,250
276	Juniata College	PA	$39,387	$54,686	$27,000
277	Gettysburg College	PA	$39,251	$68,383	$25,000
278	Iowa State University	IA	$39,244	$53,447	$21,500
279	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	$39,225	$53,988	$24,250
280	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$39,216	$65,036	$15,000
281	Duke University	NC	$39,214	$83,192	$14,196
282	Pace University	NY	$39,202	$63,772	$25,000
283	Carroll University	WI	$39,191	$67,070	$27,000
284	Bowie State University	MD	$39,187	$59,995	—
285	Palm Beach Atlantic University	FL	$39,157	$56,258	—
286	Stephen F Austin State University	TX	$39,114	$54,199	$22,125
287	University of St Thomas	MN	$39,107	$71,619	$23,250
288	King's College	PA	$39,088	$63,617	$27,000
289	Belmont University	TN	$39,085	$63,792	$18,250
290	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$39,049	$61,688	$14,800
291	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$39,035	$65,224	$18,750
292	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$38,980	$59,937	$18,500
293	University at Albany	NY	$38,936	$58,703	$19,499
294	University of Houston-Clear Lake	TX	$38,936	$64,555	$15,000
295	The University of Olivet	MI	$38,907	$42,353	$27,000
296	Western Kentucky University	KY	$38,895	$52,487	$21,500
297	College of Our Lady of the Elms	MA	$38,893	—	$24,000
298	University of New England	ME	$38,881	$70,283	$24,813
299	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$38,872	$61,703	$20,500
300	Carleton College	MN	$38,867	$68,843	$18,000

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do biology graduates earn?

The median college reports $37,360 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in biology and $58,339 four years after. The highest is $55,523 at Bellevue University.

How much student debt do biology graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $21,500 at the typical college.