What kinds of jobs can one get with a major in biology?

Question

I am about to graduate from college with a bachelors in science in Biological Sciences from a fairly reputable university. What are my options (career wise) besides 1) going to graduate school, and 2) becoming a k-12 teacher.. ? What kind of organizations will hire me and what kind of salary am i looking at?

Also, what is the best way to go about finding a good job in this field?

Answer 1

Agriculture (See also: Animal Science)

Agronomy (See also: Soil Science, Agriculture)

Animal Behavior (Ethology)

Animal Behavior Society

Animal Science (See also: Agriculture, Dairy Science)

Anthropology

Aquatic Science (See also: Limnology, Marine Biology, Oceanography)

Astrobiology

Bacteriology--See Microbiology

Biomechanics

Biodiversity Studies--See Systematics

Bioethics

Bioinformatics   (Computer technology to study biological topics--see also:  Informatics)

Biological Systems Engineering

Biological Materials Supply Companies

Biometry (Biostatistics)--See also: Mathematical Biology

Biophysics

Biotechnology (See also: Genetics)

Botany

Conservation of Natural Resources

Curation of Museums

Dairy Science

Developmental Biology

Ecology and Environment (See also:  Landscape Ecology)

Endocrinology

Comparative Endocrinology

Entomology (Study of Insects)

American Board of Forensic Entomology (See also:  see under F, below)

Environmental journalism

Environmental Law

Ethology--See Animal Behavior

Fisheries Biology

Food Science (See also: Nutrition, Under "Medicine...")

Forensic Science (Biology and Law Enforcement)

Forensic Entomology--See Entomology

Forensic Entomology as a Career

Forensic Science at Michigan State

Forestry

-Arboriculture

Genetic counseling

Genetics (See also: Biotechnology)

Genomics (study of gene sequences)

Health Fields--See "Medicine..."

Herpetology (Reptiles, Amphibians)

HorticultureI

Ichthyology (Study of Fish: See also: Fisheries Biology)

Immunology

Informatics (Using Computers in Biology and Medicine--see also: Bioinformatics)

Laboratory Animal Science (See also: Veterinary Medicine, Under "Medicine...")

Landscape Architecture

Limnology (See also: Aquatic Science and Marine Biology)

Mammalogy: American Society of Mammalogists

Marine Mammal Science

Marine Biology

Mathematical Biology (See also: Biometry)

Medicine and Health Occupations

Microbiology, Bacteriology

Microscopy

Mycology (Study of Fungi)

Nematology (Study of Nematode Worms)

Neuroscience (Neurobiology)

Neurobiology

Oceanography--See also: Aquatic Science and Marine Biology

Ornithology (study of birds)

Paleontology

Parasitology

The Peace Corps

Photobiology

Phycological Society of America (Study of Algae)

Physiology (Animal)

American Physiological Society

Comparative Physiology

Plant Pathology

Proteomics (study of protein structure and function)

Science writer:  See Environmental journalism)

Soil Science See also: Agronomy)

Systematics (and Biodiversity)

Systematic and Evolutionary Biology

Systematic Botany

Teaching Biology

Theoretical Biology

Veterinary Medicine--See Medicine and Health Occupations

Virology (See also: Microbiology)

Wildlife Conservation and Management--See Conservation of Natural Resources

Zoology (See also: Animal Behavior, Entomology, Fisheries Biology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Mammalogy, Ornithology)

Invertebrate Zoology

Vertebrate Morphology (Anatomy)

Zoos and other Animal Parks

Zoo management

Answer 2

With a Bachelor's degree, you can work in a lab/pharmaceutical companies as lab assistant. There are many other career you can do other than teach. You can look for more info at www.monster.com, or kforce.com.

I would actually recommend graduate school studies. Whether you are thinking about medical school, pharm school, dental school, etc, or a Master's program in science would help you a lot in moving forward. Master/PH.D programs require the student to work almost full time in a lab, which will give you extension experience with the frontier of science. With these experience, it will be much easier to get a job in a company with a more desirable pay check.

Good luck!