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Biology Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains 39 schools that offer biology programs. Washington and Lee University, the highest-ranking biology school in VA, has a total student population of 2,153 and is the 47th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 39 biology schools in Virginia, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Hampden-Sydney College comes out as the most expensive ($26,295/yr), with John Tyler Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,710/yr.

Biology students from Virginia 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. In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are 230 employed zoologists and wildlife biologists earning an average yearly salary of $56,670. Biological scientists in this state earn $86,950/yr and there are 730 employed.

Also, within the biology schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from biology, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Biology Programs in Virginia

Washington and Lee University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

James Madison University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

University of Richmond

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

University of Mary Washington

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters, PhD

Hollins University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Eastern Mennonite University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Hampden-Sydney College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Roanoke College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Sweet Briar College

• Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Randolph-Macon College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lynchburg College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Emory and Henry College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Shenandoah University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Marymount University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Wesleyan College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Mary Baldwin College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia State University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Southern Virginia University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

George Mason University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Saint Pauls College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Old Dominion University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Virginia Intermont College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Radford University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Christopher Newport University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Longwood University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Averett University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Randolph College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bridgewater College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Liberty University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Bluefield College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Norfolk State University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Ferrum College

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Northern Virginia Community College

• Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Virginia Union University

• Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Biology Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Piedmont Virginia Community College

• Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

John Tyler Community College

• Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

• Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

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Virginia Interesting Facts

• Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
• The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
• Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
• Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
• Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

Top National Parks in Virginia:

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Famous State Residents:

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