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Pre-Medical Programs

The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated with a degree in Pre-Medical Programs. We have separated the tables depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the bachelors degree in Pre-Medical Programs, and those who get either a masters in Pre-Medical Programs, a Ph.D. in Pre-Medical Programs. While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in Pre-Medical Programs some students with a bachelors degree in Pre-Medical Programs will get advanced degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Pre-Medical Programs. Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary, it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others place students in many different income categories. For this reason, we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Pre-Medical Programs Salaries.









Histogram of Pre-Medical Programs Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only

The diagram below includes all students with a major in Pre-Medical Programs who received no degree beyond the bachelors.

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Histogram of Pre-Medical Programs Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond

The diagram below includes all students with a major in Pre-Medical Programs while an undergraduate. The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.

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Bachelors Degree

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Pre-Medical Programs.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $86,217         22       24.72   Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
  $59,987          9       10.11   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $34,141          8        8.99   Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
  $34,368          7        7.87   Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
  $29,835          5        5.62   OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
  $34,179          3        3.37   OTHER management related occupations
  $27,267          3        3.37   Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
  $45,400          3        3.37   OTHER marketing and sales occupations
 $107,750          2        2.25   Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
  $24,128          2        2.25   Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
  $28,250          2        2.25   Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
  $38,000          2        2.25   Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
  $45,000          1        1.12   Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
  $38,000          1        1.12   Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
  $37,000          1        1.12   Professors:  OTHER health specialties
  $45,000          1        1.12   Lawyers, Judges
  $52,000          1        1.12   Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
  $53,000          1        1.12   Accountants, auditors, and other financial specialists
  $55,950          1        1.12   Surveying and mapping
 $150,000          1        1.12   Transportation/material moving occupations
  $12,480          1        1.12   Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
  $36,000          1        1.12   Information systems scientists or analysts
  $33,000          1        1.12   Engineers:  Electrical, electronic
  $31,200          1        1.12   Teachers:  Secondary - computer, math or sciences
  $30,000          1        1.12   Other engineers
  $30,000          1        1.12   Atmospheric and space scientists
  $26,000          1        1.12   Secretaries, receptionists, typists
  $26,000          1        1.12   OTHER health occupations
  $26,000          1        1.12   OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
  $25,896          1        1.12   OTHER engineering technologists and technicians
  $24,864          1        1.12   Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
  $22,620          1        1.12   Social Workers
  $21,528          1        1.12   Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)

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Masters

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree in Pre-Medical Programs.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $38,500          1       25.00   Teachers:  Elementary
  $40,000          1       25.00   OTHER management related occupations
  $83,000          1       25.00   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $84,276          1       25.00   Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)

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Ph.D.

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in Pre-Medical Programs.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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 $101,920          5       71.43   Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
  $28,000          1       14.29   OTHER service occupations, except health
 $150,000          1       14.29   Professors:  Medical Science

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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Pre-Medical Programs



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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $85,062          9       18.75   Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
  $57,776          9       18.75   Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
  $61,252          5       10.42   Business administration and management
  $99,400          4        8.33   OTHER health/medical sciences
  $33,000          2        4.17   Cell and molecular biology
  $36,850          2        4.17   Zoology, general
  $97,750          2        4.17   Health services administration
 $150,000          1        2.08   Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
 $150,000          1        2.08   Business, general
  $70,000          1        2.08   Public administration
  $69,000          1        2.08   Psychology:  General
  $65,000          1        2.08   OTHER physical sciences
  $31,200          1        2.08   Health/medical technologies
  $60,000          1        2.08   Engineering: Bioengineering and biomedical
  $60,000          1        2.08   Education:  Counselor education/guidance services
  $58,872          1        2.08   Criminal Justice/Protective Services
  $47,688          1        2.08   OTHER biological sciences
  $46,200          1        2.08   Computer/information sciences, general
  $42,000          1        2.08   Physical therapy and other rehabilitation/therapeutic services
  $39,000          1        2.08   Pharmacology, human and animal
  $34,000          1        2.08   OTHER conservation/renewable natural resources
  $33,600          1        2.08   Biology, general

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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Pre-Medical Programs



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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $87,900         14       50.00   Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
  $28,000          3       10.71   Cell and molecular biology
  $33,000          2        7.14   Psychology:  Clinical
  $90,000          2        7.14   OTHER biological sciences
 $112,500          2        7.14   OTHER health/medical sciences
  $55,500          1        3.57   Physiology, human and animal
  $61,800          1        3.57   OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
  $90,000          1        3.57   Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
  $92,000          1        3.57   Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
 $135,000          1        3.57   Pharmacology, human and animal

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Other Professional Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Pre-Medical Programs

Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $98,498        731       93.12   Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
 $113,592         22        2.80   Medical preparatory programs (e.g., pre-dentistry, pre-medical, pre-veterinary)
  $94,518         16        2.04   OTHER health/medical sciences
  $65,920          5         .64   Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
 $111,000          2         .25   OTHER FIELDS (Not Listed)
 $125,000          1         .13   Psychology:  Counseling
 $150,000          1         .13   Physical therapy and other rehabilitation/therapeutic services
 $145,000          1         .13   Physics
 $140,000          1         .13   Pharmacy
  $30,000          1         .13   Nursing (4 years or longer program)
 $125,000          1         .13   Education:  Science teacher education
 $120,000          1         .13   Psychology:  General
 $110,000          1         .13   Health/medical assistants
  $52,000          1         .13   Health/medical technologies

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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com