This page contains key outcome data for the Biological Engineering Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $67,000 (Rank: 28 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $34,000
- Unemployment Rate: 2.70% (Rank: 34 of 171)
- Percent Female: 39.7%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 24.6%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 5.8%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 9.3%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 120 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.15 (Rank: 31 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Engineers, : 9.65% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 4.33% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Civil Engineers: 4.17% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 3.37% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 3.20% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Chemical Engineers: 2.75% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, : 2.54% (Average Income: $35,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.39%
- Management Analysts: 2.08% (Average Income: $82,000)
- Constructions Managers: 1.86% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.80% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 1.70% (Average Income: $38,000)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 1.68% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Agricultural workers, : 1.50% (Average Income: $37,000)
- Environmental Engineers: 1.48% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers: 1.43% (Average Income: $79,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 1.41% (Average Income: $109,000)
- Industrial Production Managers: 1.35% (Average Income: $109,000)
- Medical Scientists, and Life Scientists, All Other: 1.35% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Sales Engineers: 1.32% (Average Income: $103,000)
- Managers in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations: 1.28% (Average Income: $174,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.20% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 1.14% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Designers: 1.10% (Average Income: $61,000)
- Chefs and Cooks: 1.06% (Average Income: $19,000)
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