Biology Major


ElectronMicroscope Students who graduate with a degree in biology from Belmont have a wide variety of career options available. Biology majors also go on to graduate or professional schools in the health care field, including medical, dental, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and physician's assistant programs.

Within the last several years, Belmont graduates with a biology major have gone on to the following graduate and professional schools (among others):

Graduate and Professional Schools
  • Medical School 

University of Tennessee, University of Kentucky, Emory University, Wake Forest University, East Tennessee State University, University of Louisville, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, University of South Alabama, University of Cincinnati, Vanderbilt University

  • Pharmacy School

University of Tennessee, Samford University

  • Dentistry

University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Tennessee

  • Physical Therapy

Belmont University, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

  • Nutrition

Georgia State University

  • Public Health

University of Alabama

  • Biology

Middle Tennessee State University, University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University

Other students have begun careers as teachers, research laboratory technicians, and state park naturalists.