Careers In Immunology

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Careers In Immunology

• April 17, 2001

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Educational Options/Degrees

• Two-year technical training degree (A.A.)
• Baccalaureate degree (B.A., B.S.)
• Masters degree (M.A., M.S.)
• Doctoral degree (Ph.D.)
• Medical degree (M.D.), Veterinary degree (D.V.M.)
• Combination degrees (MD/PhD, MD/MPH, PhD/MPH,
  DVM/PhD, PhD/MBA, PhD/JD)

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Associate of Arts

• Generally, a 2-year degree from a community or
  technical college
• Curriculum covers basic biology, chemistry,
  physics, mathematics, and computer science
• Job opportunities laboratory assistant, medical
  technician (with certificate), lab manager

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Bachelors Degree

• 4-year degree from college or university
• Curriculum covers basic sciences (A.A.), as well
  as intensive focus on major and minor
• Job opportunities
• Research assistant/technician
• Lab manager
• Sales, Product Representative, Marketing, PR
• Customer/technical support
• Quality assurance/control
• Technical writer, Documentation control

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Masters Degree

• Bachelors degree 2-3 year Masters program
• Coursework, independent research, thesis
• Job opportunities
• All positions available to those with B.S./B.A.
  (although pay is slightly higher)
• Instructor community or junior college

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Professional Masters Degree

• Similar to traditional Masters degree, but with
  slightly different focus
• Less research-intensive than Ph.D. program
• Cross-disciplinary
• Stronger ties to industry, with more focus on
  technology (both biotechnology and
  information/computer technology)
• Often includes some business and management
  training

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Doctoral Degree

• Generally, a 4-7 year program
• Coursework tends to be minimal, with focus on
  intensive independent, original research
• Career opportunities
• Professor, Academic Science Administrator
• Scientist, Research Director
• Corporate Executive (Research, QC/QA/RA,
  Development/Scale-up, Marketing, etc.)
• Consultant
• Governmental Science Administrator

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What Can You Expect To Earn?

• Doctorate
• Academia - 30K - 200K
• Industry - 35K - 200K
• Government - 30K - 100K
• Masters Degree
• Academia - 20K - 60K
• Industry - 25K - 80K
• Government - 25K - 60K
• Bachelors Degree
• Academia - 16K - 30K
• Industry - 18K - 50K
• Government - 17K - 40K

Source American Society for Microbiology