Detroit, MI (population: 901,160) has three biology schools within its city limits. Wayne State University, the highest ranked school in the city with a biology program, has a total student population of 31,786. It is the 2177th highest ranked school in the USA and the 45th highest in the state of Michigan (#1 is Kalamazoo College). To learn more about biology programs in Detroit, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of biology professors at Wayne State University such as Mubarak Ghanim.
Biology students from Detroit schools who go on to become biologists, marine biologists, wildlife biologists, molecular biologists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 29,630 people working as biological scientists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $69,430. Also, Zoologists and wildlife biologists make on average $60,670 per year and there are about 17,460 of them employed in the US today.
Detroit lies in Wayne county, which is one of the 62 counties in Michigan. Overall, the Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn Metropolitan area has 705,820 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.4% unemployment rate, $22.55/hr average worker wage, and a $46,900 average annual salary.
Of the 3 biology schools in Detroit, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Detroit Mercy comes out as the most expensive ($18,085/yr) for biology students, with Marygrove College as the lowest, reported at only $9,595/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Detroit |
| Ferndale | MI | - | 1 | 11.6923 | 4 | 5.8 miles |
| Madison Heights | MI | - | 2 | 27.3656 | 17 | 7.3 miles |
| Dearborn | MI | 82,453 | 3 | 34.0016 | 184 | 7.4 miles |
| Warren | MI | 133,470 | 6 | 23.1927 | 131 | 8.4 miles |
| Royal Oak | MI | 56,742 | 1 | 28.1635 | 4 | 9.3 miles |
| Dearborn Heights | MI | 49,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.4 miles |
| Southfield | MI | 75,151 | 8 | 20.9451 | 96 | 10.7 miles |
| Saint Clair Shores | MI | 59,971 | 1 | 11.5792 | 3 | 13.1 miles |
| Taylor | MI | 58,134 | 1 | 26.0382 | 3 | 13.5 miles |
| Sterling Heights | MI | 127,075 | 1 | 28.9156 | 3 | 14.3 miles |
| Westland | MI | 75,634 | 1 | 16.8264 | 4 | 14.9 miles |
| Farmington Hills | MI | 78,114 | 1 | 0.013626 | 0 | 16.2 miles |
| Bloomfield Township | MI | 41,179 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.3 miles |
| Clinton Township | MI | - | 2 | 7.68254 | 63 | 17.0 miles |
| West Bloomfield Township | MI | 71,474 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.4 miles |
| Canton | MI | 94,521 | 12 | 27.6578 | 316 | 20.0 miles |
| Rochester Hills | MI | 68,883 | 1 | 23.9536 | 51 | 20.3 miles |
| Novi | MI | 54,922 | 1 | 10.8219 | 16 | 21.1 miles |
| Auburn Hills | MI | - | 2 | 5.8467 | 61 | 22.3 miles |
| Waterford | MI | 75,011 | 1 | 16.3502 | 6 | 24.4 miles |
| Ann Arbor | MI | 113,880 | 5 | 27.5859 | 183 | 33.0 miles |
| Port Huron | MI | - | 5 | 17.4204 | 129 | 53.4 miles |
| Flint | MI | 109,751 | 7 | 25.2834 | 318 | 53.5 miles |
| Sylvania | OH | - | 2 | 12.7922 | 52 | 55.5 miles |
| Toledo | OH | 288,207 | 7 | 20.3804 | 301 | 55.6 miles |
| Maumee | OH | - | 2 | 16.7962 | 34 | 63.3 miles |
| East Lansing | MI | 45,575 | 2 | 19.4594 | 4 | 74.6 miles |
| Spring Arbor | MI | - | 1 | 60.8655 | 91 | 75.3 miles |
| Lansing | MI | 112,579 | 5 | 18.9833 | 209 | 77.3 miles |
| Milan | OH | - | 1 | 27.8478 | 15 | 79.1 miles |