Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of Houston

If you plan to study biological and biomedical sciences, take a look at what University of Houston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received their master's degree in biological and biomedical sciences.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biological & Biomedical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UH Biological & Biomedical Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Doctorate Degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

UH Biological & Biomedical Sciences Rankings

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological and biomedical sciences, making the school the #90 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences Student Demographics at UH

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological and biomedical sciences majors at University of Houston.

UH Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 36 students who earned a master's degree in Biological & Biomedical Sciences from UH in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women.

In the biological and biomedical sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston with a master's in biological and biomedical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Biological & Biomedical Sciences

If you plan to be a biological and biomedical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Houston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Biology	39
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	17
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	10

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Engineering Technologies
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That Biological & Biomedical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological and biomedical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Medical Scientists	5,240	$72,260

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.