Degree
General Requirements
Length of Program
Class Size
Postgraduate Education Opportunities
Program Strength
Career Opportunitites
U.S. Employment Projections
Median Salary
Outcomes
Degree: Master of Biomedical Sciences
(M.B.S.)
General Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75
- GRE General Test, MCAT, or other professional exam scores
Length of Program: 21-24 months, full-time
Class Size: 30-40
Postgraduate Education Opportunities:
- Medical, Dental, and Podiatry School
- Ph.D. Programs in the sciences
- Postbaccalaureate programs in pharmacy, health sciences
Program
Strength: Research with medical school faculty and opportunities
for students to make presentations at local and national conferences;
submit grant applications, and write publications for peer-reviewed
scientific journals
Career Opportunities:
- Research technicians
- Governmental and regulatory agencies
- Pharmaceutical laboratories
- Teaching
U.S. Employment Projections through
2012:
- 68,000+ clinical laboratory technologists and technicians needed
- 15,000 additional biological scientists needed
- 25,000 medical scientists needed
- 22,000 science technicians needed
Mean Salary Range (2006): nearly
$56,000, varies by specialty
Outcomes:
- In the last two years, 87% of matriculants were accepted into
professional programs (eg, Ph.D., medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,
or other health care programs)
- 95% of matriculants are either in professional programs or
working in the bioscience industry
