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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious question - what should the student major in instead? Meaning they like bio, hear the feedback here, what should they do that is peripheral to bio? Chemistry? Maybe something science plus business? Thanks.[/quote]

What you need to be asking yourself with any major is where the jobs are. What skills can you graduate with that are at least somewhat in demand? There are never any guarantees of employment but going in with a plan is vital. Biology is so broad it's unlikely to be useful to an employer. It seems like many biology majors just pick it because they like it and assume it'll get them a job because its STEM. But a lot of biology majors make less than the median salary of people who have just a high school diploma. There is nothing wrong with a low-paying job, unless, of course, you want a high paying job and/or need to pay off student loans.

I was researching this recently because my DD is interested in biology and I came across this website that offers alternatives. They are also pretty low-paying but better.

Human Biology (earnings: $40,211)
Soil Science (earnings: $48,043)
Biotechnology (earnings: $46,436)
Biomathematics and Computational Biology (earnings: $58,584)
Biomedical Engineering (earnings: $68,734)

https://www.degreechoices.com/blog/worst-majors/

I'm sure regular old biology majors can find something, but they'd need to work pretty hard to stand out from the crowd.

Also this was a very enlightening reddit post!

https://www.reddit.com/r/biology/comments/16cpuea/why_do_people_regret_biology_majors/[/quote]

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