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Biological and Physical Sciences

Interdisciplinary Studies

Biological and Physical Sciences graduates with a bachelor's typically earned about $57,713, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Associate's median $50,256, $46,163 to $56,046; Bachelor's median $57,713, $47,785 to $65,534; Master's median $64,715, $58,098 to $105,524.$46k$76k$106kAssociate's$50,256Bachelor's$57,713Master's$64,715
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Associate's median $50,256, $46,163 to $56,046; Bachelor's median $57,713, $47,785 to $65,534; Master's median $64,715, $58,098 to $105,524.$46k$76k$106kAssociate's$50,256Bachelor's$57,713Master's$64,715
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Associate's Degree$50,256$46,163 to $56,0468699%
Bachelor's Degree$57,713$47,785 to $65,5342886%
Master's Degree$64,715$58,098 to $105,5246100%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +2% (2025 to 2035), about 85,200 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$72,040-0.2%63,500
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$77,640+2%12,500
Natural Sciences Managers$167,220+8.2%9,200

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a biological and physical sciences program, of 298 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.