CBS by the numbers

For 2011-12

Students

1,797 undergraduates registered [fall 2011]
79 percent graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class

420 freshmen [fall 2011]

93 average high school rank of 2011 freshman class

281 graduate students [fall 2011]

409 B.S. and 74 M.S. and Ph.D. degrees [2010-11]

113 CBS scholarships and 18 fellowships awarded [2010-11]

Research facilities

Biodale (includes University Imaging Centers, Biotechnology Resource Center, Center for Mass Spectometry and Proteomics, BioMedical Genomics Center, High-Throughput Screening and Analysis Facility and the Computational Biology Center)
Cargill Building for Microbial and Plant Genomics
Ecology Building
Molecular and Cellular Biology Building
Plant Growth Facilities
Snyder Hall, Gortner Laboratories and the Biological Sciences Center
Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

Faculty

136 tenured and tenure-track faculty
6 endowed chairs*
32 McKnight professors [10 distinguished; 17 land-grant; 2 presidential]*
7 Regents professors, current and emeritus
34 recipients of UM distinguished teaching awards*
5 National Academy of Science members [current and emeritus]
[*cumulative totals]

Degree programs

7 undergraduate degree programs:
Biology
Biochemistry
Ecolgy, Evolution and Behavior
Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Plant Biology
Microbiology
Neuroscience
6 graduate programs

Tuition and fees

$13,060 resident undergraduate
$18,060 nonresident undergraduate
$7,728 room and board based on double occupancy, 14 meals per week
$14,956 resident graduate
$22,410 nonresident graduate