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Anonymous wrote:A job working as an entry level scientist in biotech or pharma company

Absolutely not. Scientist is for post-doc and above.

Nope. Many positions call for a BS.

Anonymous wrote:A job working as an entry level scientist in biotech or pharma company

This is going to be a poorly paid lab tech position. If you want to work in pharma, you'd be better off using your BS to get a job as a sales rep, or on the commercial side of the business by double majoring with marketing, finance, supply chain management, tax, statistics, etc, to get a commercial role. If you don't double major in undergrad, you could also do a BS/MBA to have the business background.

Biomedical degrees are low paying and a terrible field to be in. You will be capped in most regards unless you have a PhD. Entry level jobs and often mid career jobs are very low paying for R and D work. Pharma and biotech is absolutely notorious for being unstable wrt jobs. Prep for a life of constantly having to relocate due to job loss.

Much better to study statistics, mechanical/electrical/computer engineering.

USDA and FWS hire biologists. Just at a conference where this exact issue came up.

Nothing to do with biology (speaking from experience). They need to go to grad school or take one of the generic jobs non-professional majors get coming out of school.

Anonymous wrote:All of those are tough with just a BS.

Would adding a minor in policy, data/business analytics, or public health to the BS in the said majors make a better option?

How about with a MS as the terminal degree in the above majors? Does it need to be a thesis based MS or coursework based MS?

I am trying to determine the minimum level of education in these majors for a decent starting point in a biotech/pharma career (scientific, not marketing) with a decent career growth.

masters degree is the next step. not a job.

Everything and nothing. They won't make much as a lab tech, but that is an option. They can go into marketing and anything really that isn't science too.

Anonymous wrote:A job working as an entry level scientist in biotech or pharma company

Absolutely not. Scientist is for post-doc and above.

Try AstraZeneca.

A job working as an entry level scientist in biotech or pharma company

All of those are tough with just a BS.

Anonymous wrote:Any of the large professional services firms in the area touching computers.

Computers? Examples, please.

Any of the large professional services firms in the area touching computers.

What are entry level career options for a fresh graduate with one of the following degrees:
(1) BS in Molecular and Cell Biology
(2) BS in Molecular Biology and Genetics
(3) BS in Bioengineering