I got my BS Biology degree paid for by joining the military for 5 years. Then got my M.S. Biology paid for by being a TA. Then got my Ph.D. paid for by a research/teaching fellowship. Been a working scientist for 30 years and currently making $200K per year. Yes, for me it was well worth it!
WOW - That's a great way to go. I would follow but my parents and my fiance would shoot me dead (joke) for joining the military even if it was to pay off degrees.
@@Slam_24 Completely understand, I was never a big fan of the military, but I can now say that spending a few years in the U.S. Navy was the best thing I could have done. It also helped me get jobs with the Army and other government scientist positions throughout my career as a civilian scientist. But, of course, the military is not for everyone 🙂 Best of luck!
@@chriswhitehouse8982 Thank you! I have actually found an alternative pathway which is through forensics. I'm going into the graduate program and have contacts in the industry already. Forensic science will offer support for my pathway to further biological science, and they claim to help pay off any study related to the science I use in the job. A different side to the coin it seems!
People should NOT be going into debt while getting a biology masters degree or PhD. Usually there is lots of full ride support for those graduate degrees. The only issue is the opportunity cost of the extra time in education.
Life science majors have terrible long term prospects. Here are few reason you should avoid this major like the plague : 1) Erooms law : a 70 year observation of how research costs have continued to increase exponentially. 2) The continual decline in productivity of research scientists for the last 70 years. 2) Reproducibility crisis : Biotech have states that >60% of biomedical research articles they review are unrepeatable. 3) Depression crisis : according to Nature Magazine 50% of PHD biologists have a mental illness such as depression and anxiety disorders. 4) Median salary of a researching holding a PHD is 50k/year according to the NIH. In comparison a graduate with a BS in Comp Sci. can earns a entry level salary of 60k. 5) The "publish or parish" culture and cutthroat/toxic work environment in academia . 6) zip recruiter ranked Biology the second most regretted major in 2019. 7) as of 2021 the underemployment of biology graduates is at 46.1% according to the NewYorkFed.
This comment might have just changed my life path entirely. I am so bent on the edge as I love biology with a burning passion but this comment made me realize that it can still be a passion without determining my career. Still going to do a science field but I knew biology was not as good as I had hoped.
@@ChangingChameleon124 Its worse than you think =) According to a new study published by the Foundation for Research and Equal Opportunity, a whopping 31% of all biology graduates with a BS degree have a NEGATIVE return on investment. What this means is that almost 1/3 of those graduates would have been better off financially skipping college. But for some losing 500k in lifetime earnings is fine =)
@@ChangingChameleon124 It smart to avoid biology but those credits can be used for nursing path if aim medically degree path. xray tech needs anatomy physiology class to pass it. Nurse need microbiology, and anatomy
Hlo, I am an student of medical stream and I want to know after which course of short duration can Get me high paying in any corner of world .please make video on it
