I'll be getting my degree in about a year, but I'm still not sure what I really want to do with it. Will I have to grad school, or are there decent jobs with just a bachelors?

>>33364291 (OP)
Study frogs

>>33364307
I'll put a pin on that

>>33364291 (OP)
Join the park service?

>>33364349
You could be nick named Dr. Ribbit

>>33364291 (OP)
Probably nothing.
Talk t your professor, anyone in the industry you can get your hands on that can get you an internship, and go for a masters or a double major

Or get a Phd and have a mid paying job with high security.

>>33364291 (OP)
go to med school

>>33364291 (OP)
Unfortunately biology is among the many degrees that in order to have a non-shit job you’ll need to do more schooling unless you want to hit an early glass ceiling in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry. I would heavily advise against a Master’s degree and instead just go for a PhD. Master’s degrees are mostly scams, in biotech/pharma they don’t open many/any doors over just a BS and you have to pay for them. PhD programs are at least funded, and if you still want a Master’s degree for whatever reason you can leave after you pass your qualifying exams and the school will generally grant you a MSc as a consolidation prize. I’m not sure what your goals are, but keep in mind that lab work generally pays less than computational work. Right now machine learning and AI engineers are heavy demand across all industries (insurance companies, pharma/biotech, major chains like CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc.), and it will likely be so during the next decade at least. If you’re a lab guy then someone else will need to answer as I’m a computational scientist.

>>33364447
PhD jobs can be decent paying (120k starting in Boston for comp. bio.) but very little job security. Right now pharma is an absolute blood bath, there are people with 5+ years experience out of work for >1 year because jobs are so hard to find. Tech is also going through hard times but normally they’re far more secure. OP you can look into biostatistics or just stats in general as well, this is far more applicable outside just biology.

>>33364937
This is the pathway to the best job security and good wages. Lots of companies are willing to pay doctors for their expertise, but med school is very expensive and takes a very long time. MD/PhD programs are generally funded as far as I know.

>>33364291 (OP)
Here's a list:

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/what-can-i-do-with-my-degree/biology

But the real answer is "Anything you want." The fact is that employers are more concerned THAT you have a degree (which shows some ambition and discipline) than WHAT it is in. People with science degrees work in banking, insurance, marketing, sales, stock market, journalism, etc etc etc

Chef Cat Cora, Johnson & Johnson VP Christine Poon, HP executive Catherine Lesjak, business.com CEO Jake Weinbaum, astronaut Bernard Harris, Apple exec Phil Schiller, actress Mayim Bialik, etc etc were all biology majors

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>>33367326
Thanks a lot! Higher education certainly isn't out of the question, but it's reassuring to know I can put that on hold if I need to.