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Career Paths

A broad array of professions and occupations are available to qualified biology graduates, including:

  • Teaching biology in high school
  • Becoming a wildlife biologist
  • Working for a company preparing environmental impact reports
  • Working for a state department of natural resources as a biologist, conservation officer, or water quality specialist
  • Performing research in a pharmaceutical company, a hospital, or for an industrial company such as Quaker Oats
  • Being an inspector for the Food and Drug Administration
  • Earning a Ph.D. degree and obtaining a teaching/research position at a university
  • An undergraduate major in Biology is especially recommended for students earning advanced degrees to become physicians, optometrists, physical therapists, dentists or other licensed professionals.

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