Biology
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Early Career Income
$77,951
Lifetime Income
$4.56M
Unemployment rate
2.2%
Female share
54.6%
Occupation concentration
46.2%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
15.8%
% who double-major
18.2%
BA Graduates from 2024
81,874
-2.7% vs 2023
How Biology compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
70th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 70% of majors
69th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 69% of majors
52nd
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 52% of majors
Top occupations
- Physicians and Surgeons
- Registered Nurses
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Biology.
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General
- Biomedical Sciences, General
- Epidemiology
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology