This page contains key outcome data for the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration 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: $56,000 (Rank: 57 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $23,000
- Unemployment Rate: 5.20% (Rank: 140 of 171)
- Percent Female: 66.2%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 11.0%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 22.7%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 11.8%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 61 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Pharmacists: 18.82% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 15.63%
- Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioner Support Technicians: 10.95% (Average Income: $38,000)
- Medical Assistants and Other Healthcare Support Occupations, : 2.67% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.15% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Postsecondary Teachers: 1.95% (Average Income: $41,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 1.90% (Average Income: $38,000)
- Cashiers: 1.86% (Average Income: $10,000)
- Waiters and Waitresses: 1.58% (Average Income: $19,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.57% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Chemists and Materials Scientists: 1.43% (Average Income: $67,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.42% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.37% (Average Income: $22,000)
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: 1.22% (Average Income: $40,000)
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 1.07% (Average Income: $25,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 1.05% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Registered Nurses: 1.04% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.04% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 0.99% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, : 0.97% (Average Income: $88,000)
- Chefs and Cooks: 0.90% (Average Income: $27,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 0.85% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Word Processors and Typists: 0.84% (Average Income: $9,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 0.83% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents: 0.80% (Average Income: $55,000)
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