Vocational Programs for Biologists Career

The role of Biologists is to research or study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions..

25 vocational programs could be taken for the Biologists career.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Biologists Career

The following 25 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Biologists.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Biologists
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Biology/Biological Sciences	37	$31,918	-	541 Hours	22.00 Months
Molecular Biology	2	$41,706	-	-	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	2	$40,214	-	-	-
Botany/Plant Biology	2	$31,566	-	-	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	3	$34,849	-	-	-
Entomology	4	$35,895	-	-	-
Genome Sciences/Genomics	3	$44,630	-	-	-
Genetics (other)	1	-	-	-	-
Pharmacology	1	$29,049	-	-	-
Biometry/Biometrics	2	$49,819	-	-	-
Biostatistics	1	$39,922	-	-	-
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	2	$45,384	-	-	-
Biotechnology	49	$26,736	-	-	-
Ecology	3	$33,000	-	-	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	2	$31,992	-	-	-
Evolutionary Biology	3	$54,621	-	-	-
Environmental Biology	1	$36,675	-	-	-
Conservation Biology	2	$37,460	-	-	-
Epidemiology and Biostatistics	1	-	-	-	-
Neuroscience	9	$45,156	-	-	-
Neurobiology and Anatomy	1	$42,730	-	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	16	$34,566	-	-	-
Nutrition Sciences	6	$33,808	-	40 Hours	14.00 Months
Marine Sciences	7	$31,859	-	-	-
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology	1	$39,480	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Biologists Career

The following 30 occupations are related to Biologists.

Related Occupations toBiologists
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Natural Sciences Managers	96,520	$169,120	$81
Software Developers	1,657K	$138,110	$66
Mathematicians	2,220	$119,770	$58
Statisticians	29,950	$109,190	$53
Data Scientists	193K	$119,040	$57
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other	4,320	$83,330	$40
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	19,320	$106,700	$51
Engineers, All Other	151K	$118,350	$57
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	73,020	$66,640	$32
Animal Scientists	2,460	$89,450	$43
Soil and Plant Scientists	15,800	$77,080	$37
Biochemists and Biophysicists	33,180	$120,310	$58
Microbiologists	21,540	$93,380	$45
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	17,100	$75,740	$36
Biological Scientists, All Other	61,220	$99,060	$48
Conservation Scientists	22,790	$73,160	$35
Epidemiologists	10,230	$90,430	$43
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	137K	$112,380	$54
Chemists	83,530	$95,560	$46
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	80,730	$86,710	$42
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	24,620	$104,000	$50
Hydrologists	6,150	$96,410	$46
Psychologists, All Other	14,480	$110,300	$53
Agricultural Technicians	13,150	$46,810	$23
Biological Technicians	76,990	$56,540	$27
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	52,050	$102,270	$0
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	20,210	$102,630	$0
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	7,120	$100,910	$0
Physicians, Pathologists	11,020	$270,560	$130

Schools offering vocational programs for Biologists

The following 129 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Biologists. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.