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Job Satisfaction

General quality of life statement

Biology majors have a tough time when they're first out of college. The majority of them go to med school or grad school, which means more hard work, late nights, and lots of pizza and coffee (probably not at the same time). Once they bag another degree, they usually have to do some form of residency that doesn't pay the big bucks. Even those who skip out on higher education after the BS don't start out making all that much.

If there's anything that medical students learn, it's patience. Becoming a doctor is a very long, expensive process, and it usually pays off. In no time at all, biology graduates start bringing home the bacon, making dough, rolling in it, etc.

Biology graduates who don't go to grad school usually end up in medicine anyway, which pays well. It's easy to see why job satisfaction is at 66%—they do some of the most rewarding (albeit stressful) work out there. What could be better than saving people's lives?

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