Biology Careers & Outcomes

MSUM graduates majoring in the biological sciences will build a solid foundation in the biological sciences. Typically, about half of our graduates advance to graduate programs or professional schools while the rest work in in business and industry.

Common career options for Biology graduates:

• Biochemists
• Biologist
• Biological researcher
• Biophysicists
• Botanists
• Ecologists
• Environmental impact specialist
• Fish and game warden
• Forester
• Geneticists
• Marine biologists
• Microbiologists
• Pathologist
• Pharmaceutical sales representative
• Physiologist
• Plant pathologist
• Range conservationist
• Science columnist
• Toxicologist
• Wildlife refuge manager
• Zoologists

Where Biology Alumni Work Graduate School

Related Links

• American Fisheries Society
• American Institute of Biological Sciences
• American Society for Cell Biology
• American Society for Microbiology
• Animal Behavior Society
• Ecological Society of America
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• The Nature Conservancy
• Society for Experimental Biology
• Society for the Study of Evolution
• Society for Conservation Biology
• National Science Foundation
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• American Medical Association
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Dental Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Academy of Physician Assistants
• American Veterinary Medical Association