Biological and Physical Sciences Programs

Biological and Physical Sciences is offered at 397 institutions across the United States. Associate graduates earn a median salary ranging from $39,396 to $89,041, with the highest-earning program at Woodland Community College ($89,041). The most common degree level is Bachelor (160), followed by Master (54) and Doctoral (19).

Bachelor (160) · Master (54) · Doctoral (19) · First Professional (1) · Associate (196) · Post-bachelor's Certificate (2) · Graduate Certificate (14) · Undergraduate Certificate (21)

Bachelor (160)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Florida International University FL Not reported 546
Portland State University OR $57,303 133
University of Georgia GA $58,123 107
University of Oregon OR $58,319 97
Bard College NY $64,518 95
The Evergreen State College WA $48,623 95
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA $69,102 89
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA $62,698 82
Virginia Commonwealth University VA $61,395 74
Florida Atlantic University FL Not reported 71
Thomas Edison State University NJ $90,507 69
CUNY Hunter College NY $63,406 67
University of Notre Dame IN $102,801 61
Palmer College of Chiropractic IA Not reported 51
Whitworth University WA $55,534 50
Middle Tennessee State University TN $56,293 49
New College of Florida FL $41,759 45
University of Alaska Anchorage AK $51,889 37
Georgetown University DC Not reported 32
Washington State University WA $68,583 28
Cornell University NY Not reported 26
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus PA $71,028 25
University of Houston-Downtown TX $56,995 25
University of Puget Sound WA $55,690 25
Fordham University NY $70,101 21
Show all 160 Bachelor programs
Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Purdue University-Main Campus IN Not reported 20
Grand Valley State University MI $45,090 18
Indiana University-Kokomo IN $63,018 17
University of Virginia's College at Wise VA Not reported 17
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington PA $69,102 16
Western Washington University WA Not reported 16
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks PA $69,102 14
Michigan State University MI Not reported 14
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point WI Not reported 14
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg PA $69,102 12
Adelphi University NY Not reported 12
Regent University VA Not reported 12
Northwestern University IL Not reported 12
Dominican University IL Not reported 12
Spalding University KY Not reported 11
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Not reported 11
Virginia Wesleyan University VA Not reported 11
Pennsylvania Western University PA $45,272 10
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 10
Alaska Pacific University AK Not reported 9
University of Northern Iowa IA Not reported 8
Delta State University MS Not reported 8
Saint Anselm College NH Not reported 8
Texas Tech University TX Not reported 8
University of Wisconsin-Platteville WI Not reported 8
University of Denver CO Not reported 8
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg PA $62,698 7
Peru State College NE Not reported 7
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus NJ Not reported 7
Saint Norbert College WI Not reported 7
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 6
Elmira College NY Not reported 5
Sam Houston State University TX Not reported 5
Bluefield State University WV Not reported 4
Wesleyan University CT Not reported 4
University of South Florida FL Not reported 4
Saint Xavier University IL Not reported 4
Calumet College of Saint Joseph IN Not reported 4
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton PA $69,102 3
University of West Alabama AL Not reported 3
Cottey College MO Not reported 3
Maryville University of Saint Louis MO Not reported 3
Stony Brook University NY Not reported 3
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York PA $69,102 2
University of Central Arkansas AR Not reported 2
Cambridge College MA Not reported 2
Mississippi State University MS Not reported 2
Northwest Missouri State University MO Not reported 2
The New School NY Not reported 2
Duke University NC Not reported 2
Alvernia University PA Not reported 2
University of West Florida FL Not reported 2
University of Southern Indiana IN Not reported 2
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA $69,102 1
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK Not reported 1
University of Arkansas at Monticello AR Not reported 1
St Catherine University MN Not reported 1
Alfred University NY Not reported 1
Pitzer College CA Not reported 1
Bennington College VT Not reported 1
University of Wisconsin-Superior WI Not reported 1
Colorado Christian University CO Not reported 1
Concordia University-Chicago IL Not reported 1
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN Not reported 1
Empire State University NY $71,066 Not reported
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College PA $69,102 0
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown PA $62,698 0
Troy University AL Not reported 0
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 0
Philander Smith University AR Not reported 0
Azusa Pacific University CA Not reported 0
California State University-Chico CA Not reported 0
Upper Iowa University IA Not reported 0
Fort Hays State University KS Not reported 0
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported Not reported
St. Mary's College of Maryland MD Not reported Not reported
American International College MA Not reported Not reported
Worcester State University MA Not reported 0
Calvin University MI Not reported 0
Eastern Michigan University MI Not reported 0
Spring Arbor University MI Not reported 0
College of Saint Benedict MN Not reported Not reported
Saint Johns University MN Not reported Not reported
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota MN Not reported 0
Harris-Stowe State University MO Not reported 0
University of Missouri-Columbia MO Not reported Not reported
Montana State University Billings MT Not reported 0
The University of Montana MT Not reported 0
Keene State College NH Not reported Not reported
Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ Not reported 0
Rutgers University-Camden NJ Not reported 0
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ Not reported Not reported
Le Moyne College NY Not reported Not reported
Long Island University NY Not reported 0
New York University NY Not reported 0
St. Thomas Aquinas College NY Not reported Not reported
SUNY at Fredonia NY Not reported 0
Union College NY Not reported 0
Brevard College NC Not reported 0
North Carolina Wesleyan University NC Not reported 0
Salem College NC Not reported Not reported
St. Andrews University NC Not reported 0
Baldwin Wallace University OH Not reported 0
Franklin University OH Not reported Not reported
Shawnee State University OH Not reported Not reported
Oklahoma Panhandle State University OK Not reported 0
Western Oregon University OR Not reported 0
Allegheny College PA Not reported Not reported
Arcadia University PA Not reported 0
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported Not reported
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
Juniata College PA Not reported Not reported
King's College PA Not reported 0
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
Lehigh University PA Not reported 0
Moravian University PA Not reported 0
Swarthmore College PA Not reported 0
Ursinus College PA Not reported Not reported
Clinton College SC Not reported 0
Coker University SC Not reported 0
North Greenville University SC Not reported 0
Dakota Wesleyan University SD Not reported 0
Bryan College-Dayton TN Not reported 0
Tennessee Wesleyan University TN Not reported 0
University of the Pacific CA Not reported 0
Texas State University TX Not reported 0
Brigham Young University-Hawaii HI Not reported 0
Averett University VA Not reported Not reported
Lawrence University WI Not reported 0
University of Wisconsin-River Falls WI Not reported Not reported
Covenant College GA Not reported 0
Emory University GA Not reported Not reported
North Central College IL Not reported 0
North Park University IL Not reported Not reported
Grace College and Theological Seminary IN Not reported 0

Master (54)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ $125,457 115
Touro University NY $57,522 112
Keck Graduate Institute CA $117,497 88
Dartmouth College NH Not reported 38
University of Colorado Colorado Springs CO $59,825 35
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 34
Texas Tech University TX Not reported 22
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO $69,605 14
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 13
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA Not reported 13
University of Rhode Island RI Not reported 13
Louisiana Tech University LA Not reported 8
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences AR Not reported 7
Stephen F Austin State University TX Not reported 5
Western Kentucky University KY Not reported 4
Morgan State University MD Not reported 4
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO Not reported 4
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported 3
University of Northern Iowa IA Not reported 2
Delta State University MS Not reported 2
Clarkson University NY Not reported 2
New York University NY Not reported 2
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 2
The University of Texas at Dallas TX Not reported 2
The University of Texas at El Paso TX Not reported 2
Show all 54 Master programs
Institution State Median Earnings Completers
William & Mary VA Not reported 2
Rutgers University-Newark NJ $125,457 1
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 1
Rice University TX Not reported 1
Rutgers University-Camden NJ $125,457 0
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL Not reported 0
University of South Alabama AL Not reported 0
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK Not reported 0
University of Kansas KS Not reported 0
Eastern Michigan University MI Not reported 0
Mississippi State University MS Not reported Not reported
Missouri Western State University MO Not reported 0
Southeast Missouri State University MO Not reported Not reported
The University of Montana MT Not reported 0
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus NJ Not reported 0
SUNY at Fredonia NY Not reported 0
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK Not reported Not reported
Portland State University OR Not reported 0
Southern Oregon University OR Not reported 0
Western Oregon University OR Not reported 0
Clemson University SC Not reported 0
University of South Dakota SD Not reported Not reported
Baylor College of Medicine TX Not reported 0
University of the Incarnate Word TX Not reported 0
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston TX Not reported 0
Brigham Young University UT Not reported Not reported
Western Washington University WA Not reported 0
Wesleyan University CT Not reported 0
DePaul University IL Not reported Not reported

Doctoral (19)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 16
University of Rhode Island RI Not reported 10
William & Mary VA Not reported 9
Dartmouth College NH Not reported 8
Wright State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 8
Louisiana Tech University LA Not reported 7
George Mason University VA Not reported 7
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences AR Not reported 6
Rice University TX Not reported 4
Keck Graduate Institute CA Not reported 3
University of Maine ME Not reported 2
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ Not reported 2
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA Not reported 1
University of South Alabama AL Not reported 0
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK Not reported 0
Mississippi State University MS Not reported Not reported
Clemson University SC Not reported 0
Baylor College of Medicine TX Not reported 0
University of Illinois Chicago IL Not reported 0

First Professional (1)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston TX Not reported Not reported

Associate (196)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Pasadena City College CA Not reported 835
Mt San Jacinto Community College District CA $41,855 619
Los Angeles Pierce College CA $59,287 522
Sierra College CA Not reported 508
Riverside City College CA $54,768 493
Yuba College CA $59,650 478
Golden West College CA Not reported 472
William Rainey Harper College IL $54,379 440
Ventura College CA $58,128 432
Victor Valley College CA $50,905 383
Santa Monica College CA Not reported 383
East Los Angeles College CA Not reported 366
Moorpark College CA Not reported 363
Santa Barbara City College CA Not reported 362
Solano Community College CA $53,777 354
Modesto Junior College CA $64,444 344
Los Medanos College CA Not reported 329
Imperial Valley College CA $43,842 327
Oxnard College CA Not reported 324
Irvine Valley College CA Not reported 314
Los Angeles Harbor College CA $39,396 305
Santa Rosa Junior College CA $47,743 297
Moraine Valley Community College IL $48,554 296
American River College CA $43,319 295
Waubonsee Community College IL $49,992 287
Show all 196 Associate programs
Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Woodland Community College CA $89,041 284
El Camino Community College District CA Not reported 282
Grossmont College CA Not reported 277
Palomar College CA Not reported 275
Allan Hancock College CA Not reported 269
Cerritos College CA $50,527 259
San Jacinto Community College TX $47,229 259
MiraCosta College CA Not reported 250
College of DuPage IL $52,007 244
Northern Virginia Community College VA $46,956 242
Los Angeles City College CA $56,162 237
Contra Costa College CA Not reported 237
Cosumnes River College CA Not reported 235
Norco College CA $44,674 228
De Anza College CA $71,064 223
Chaffey College CA $50,340 202
Los Angeles Valley College CA Not reported 187
Diablo Valley College CA Not reported 184
College of the Redwoods CA $42,531 180
Elgin Community College IL $67,323 177
Moreno Valley College CA $62,331 176
Crafton Hills College CA $53,835 175
Saddleback College CA Not reported 172
Tidewater Community College VA $45,557 171
Antelope Valley Community College District CA $63,614 170
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College IL $51,025 167
Triton College IL $52,421 166
Santiago Canyon College CA $65,210 161
Folsom Lake College CA Not reported 159
City College of San Francisco CA Not reported 157
Orange Coast College CA $41,701 148
Mission College CA Not reported 146
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College IL $53,058 145
Rock Valley College IL $47,679 145
Rend Lake College IL $41,686 145
Cypress College CA Not reported 144
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College VA $49,555 139
McHenry County College IL $49,990 137
Laurel Ridge Community College VA $53,653 133
Sacramento City College CA Not reported 131
Kishwaukee College IL $46,128 129
Coastline Community College CA Not reported 126
Coalinga College CA Not reported 120
College of Lake County IL $49,153 119
College of the Canyons CA Not reported 119
Los Angeles Mission College CA Not reported 119
Southwestern College CA Not reported 117
Parkland College IL $49,181 116
Southwestern Illinois College IL $47,418 116
Shasta College CA $56,192 114
Illinois Valley Community College IL $50,741 114
Joliet Junior College IL $60,852 112
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College IL $47,500 112
Rio Hondo College CA Not reported 111
Morton College IL $50,393 109
Cuyamaca College CA Not reported 106
San Diego Mesa College CA $51,936 105
Los Angeles Trade Technical College CA $53,233 104
Lewis and Clark Community College IL $46,834 103
Virginia Peninsula Community College VA $46,269 97
Los Angeles Southwest College CA Not reported 96
Mt San Antonio College CA Not reported 96
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College IL $52,454 92
Compton College CA Not reported 88
Lincoln Land Community College IL $50,823 87
Taft College CA Not reported 86
Black Hawk College IL $50,172 85
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College IL $54,410 80
Porterville College CA Not reported 80
Tyler Junior College TX Not reported 79
Evergreen Valley College CA Not reported 77
Massasoit Community College MA Not reported 75
Heartland Community College IL $62,651 72
Laney College CA Not reported 71
College of the Sequoias CA Not reported 70
Virginia Western Community College VA $47,601 69
Lake Land College IL $48,077 68
Hudson County Community College NJ $43,419 67
Clovis Community College CA Not reported 66
San Jose City College CA $40,609 65
Ohlone College CA Not reported 57
Skyline College CA Not reported 56
John A Logan College IL Not reported 55
Richland Community College IL $44,259 53
College of Marin CA Not reported 51
Monterey Peninsula College CA Not reported 51
Oakton College IL $48,644 49
Napa Valley College CA $43,305 49
Lemoore College CA Not reported 48
San Diego City College CA $77,094 46
Barstow Community College CA Not reported 46
Southeastern Illinois College IL Not reported 44
Palo Verde College CA Not reported 41
Brightpoint Community College VA Not reported 38
College of the Siskiyous CA Not reported 36
Carl Sandburg College IL Not reported 36
Kankakee Community College IL Not reported 36
Copper Mountain Community College CA $66,094 35
West Los Angeles College CA Not reported 35
Spoon River College IL Not reported 35
John Wood Community College IL $43,445 34
Merritt College CA Not reported 34
Central Arizona College AZ Not reported 33
Gavilan College CA Not reported 33
Highland Community College IL $41,202 31
Thomas Edison State University NJ Not reported 31
Ferris State University MI $58,134 29
Community College of Baltimore County MD $41,514 29
Cabrillo College CA Not reported 29
Kaskaskia College IL $53,633 28
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College IL $47,366 28
College of the Desert CA $59,719 27
Sussex County Community College NJ $55,699 27
Blue Ridge Community College VA $60,535 24
South Suburban College IL $44,903 24
Shawnee Community College IL $41,226 22
Piedmont Virginia Community College VA Not reported 22
Sauk Valley Community College IL $45,005 20
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College IL $49,098 19
Lake Tahoe Community College CA $43,757 19
Community College of Rhode Island RI Not reported 19
Reedley College CA Not reported 19
Prairie State College IL Not reported 18
Columbia College CA Not reported 16
Lake Michigan College MI Not reported 15
Cerro Coso Community College CA Not reported 12
Lassen Community College CA Not reported 12
Danville Area Community College IL Not reported 12
Santa Ana College CA $50,156 11
Laramie County Community College WY Not reported 10
Foothill College CA Not reported 8
Madera Community College CA Not reported 8
Alpena Community College MI Not reported 7
Canada College CA Not reported 7
Murray State College OK Not reported 7
Northern Wyoming Community College District WY Not reported 6
Chabot College CA Not reported 4
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College ND Not reported 4
University of Alaska Southeast AK Not reported 3
Genesee Community College NY Not reported 3
Angelina College TX Not reported 3
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College MI Not reported 2
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges IL Not reported 2
Trine University IN Not reported 1
Northern Essex Community College MA Not reported 1
Linn-Benton Community College OR Not reported 1
Community College of Beaver County PA Not reported 1
San Bernardino Valley College CA $63,205 Not reported
West Valley College CA $56,438 0
Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas AR Not reported Not reported
College of Alameda CA Not reported 0
Valparaiso University IN Not reported 0
Wor-Wic Community College MD Not reported Not reported
Gogebic Community College MI Not reported 0
Lansing Community College MI Not reported 0
Crown College MN Not reported Not reported
Cleveland University-Kansas City KS Not reported 0
Citrus College CA Not reported 0
Cuesta College CA Not reported 0
Fresno City College CA Not reported 0
Fullerton College CA Not reported 0
Glendale Community College CA Not reported 0
Luzerne County Community College PA Not reported 0
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported Not reported
Clinton College SC Not reported 0
Mendocino College CA Not reported 0
Merced College CA Not reported 0
Grayson College TX Not reported Not reported
Las Positas College CA Not reported 0
San Diego Miramar College CA Not reported Not reported
College of San Mateo CA Not reported 0

Post-bachelor's Certificate (2)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Thomas Edison State University NJ Not reported Not reported
Keck Graduate Institute CA Not reported Not reported

Graduate Certificate (14)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Keck Graduate Institute CA Not reported 90
University of Missouri-Columbia MO Not reported 12
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston TX Not reported 5
University of Kansas KS Not reported 3
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences AR Not reported 2
Spalding University KY Not reported Not reported
Worcester State University MA Not reported 0
Adelphi University NY Not reported 0
Western Oregon University OR Not reported 0
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus PA Not reported 0
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported Not reported
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
Texas State University TX Not reported 0
Texas Tech University TX Not reported 0

Undergraduate Certificate (21)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 866
Contra Costa College CA Not reported 270
Los Angeles Valley College CA Not reported 186
Central Arizona College AZ Not reported 33
Foothill College CA Not reported 18
CUNY Lehman College NY Not reported 2
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 1
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 1
Cabrillo College CA Not reported Not reported
Harris-Stowe State University MO Not reported Not reported
Imperial Valley College CA Not reported 0
CUNY Queens College NY Not reported 0
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus PA Not reported 0
Northern Virginia Community College VA Not reported 0
Northcentral Technical College WI Not reported 0
San Diego Mesa College CA Not reported Not reported
San Diego Miramar College CA Not reported Not reported
Santa Barbara City College CA Not reported 0
Ventura College CA Not reported 0
Clovis Community College CA Not reported 0
Lewis and Clark Community College IL Not reported Not reported