Why Study Biology?
Prepare to be a scientist, asking questions and conducting experiments, studying the mysteries of the living world.
Pacific stands out by providing unparalleled research opportunities to students. Our program provides relevant, authentic experiences that encourage your development as a scientist, starting with your introductory biology class all the way through your senior capstone project. You'll work side-by-side with faculty and classmates generating hypotheses, testing those hypotheses, learning complex scientific techniques, and analyzing and communicating data through dedicated biology research courses.
As a student with a biology major, you’ll learn and collaborate with involved faculty in small classes. We do not use graduate teaching assistants, which means that your classes will be taught by biology faculty.
Biology majors and minors can explore different fields in biology through internships and outside research programs with local and national organizations like the Oregon Zoo, Oregon Health Science University, state and federal wildlife agencies, and healthcare clinics.
What Can You Do with a Biology Degree?
Pacific graduates with a biology degree are prepared to do anything or go anywhere. Our biology graduates thrive as lab technicians, environmental consultants, teachers, lawyers, microbiologists, geneticists, ecologists, veterinarians, zoologists and, of course, in a wide range of health and medical professions.
Our students are recruited by the top graduate programs, medical schools and professional schools in the country. Many recent Pacific graduates with a biology degree work in the high-tech industry because of their strong backgrounds in biology, chemistry, math, computer science and physics.
"Because it’s such a small campus, you’re able to form meaningful relationships with your professors. The research that I’ve been doing right here has been an amazing experience that I probably wouldn’t have gotten at a larger university.”
— Rylee Trendell '19
