Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
360K	$28.83	$59,970

Vocational Programs to Prepare Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians Career

The following 74 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians.

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.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Agriculture	588	-	-	1,206 Hours	14.77 Months
Agricultural and Food Products Processing	13	-	-	-	-
Animal Sciences	17	-	-	-	-
Dairy Science	2	-	-	-	-
Poultry Science	5	-	-	-	-
Food Science	12	-	-	-	-
Food Technology and Processing	10	-	-	-	-
Brewing Science	14	-	-	-	-
Zymology/Fermentation Science	1	-	-	-	-
Food Science and Technology (other)	4	-	-	-	-
Plant Sciences	10	-	-	-	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	18	-	-	-	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	4	-	-	1,296 Hours	12.00 Months
Natural Resources/Conservation	45	-	-	-	-
Environmental Science	39	-	-	-	-
Natural Resource Economics	4	-	-	-	-
Forestry	12	-	-	-	-
Forest Technology/Technician	17	-	-	-	-
Forestry (other)	3	-	-	-	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	69	-	-	-	-
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology	23	-	-	-	-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	23	-	-	-	-
Mining Technology/Technician	7	-	-	-	-
Petroleum Technology/Technician	27	-	-	-	-
Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician	4	-	-	-	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	29	-	-	541 Hours	22.00 Months
Biomedical Sciences	15	$29,640	$4,260	541 Hours	22.00 Months
Biochemistry	2	-	-	-	-
Molecular Biology	2	-	-	-	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	3	-	-	-	-
Microbiology	1	-	-	-	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	1	-	-	-	-
Biostatistics	1	-	-	-	-
Bioinformatics	4	-	-	-	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	2	-	-	-	-
Neuroscience	7	-	-	-	-
Behavioral Sciences	8	-	-	-	-
Sustainability Studies	40	-	-	-	-
Geography and Environmental Studies	3	-	-	-	-
History and Political Science	1	-	-	-	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	4	-	-	-	-
Chemistry	20	-	-	-	-
Forensic Chemistry	1	-	-	-	-
Geology/Earth Science	13	-	-	-	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	8	-	-	-	-
Materials Science	2	-	-	-	-
Science Technologies/Technicians	134	-	-	980 Hours	12.00 Months
Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician	60	$24,587	$3,162	980 Hours	12.00 Months
Industrial Radiologic Technology/Technician	9	-	-	-	-
Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician	2	-	-	-	-
Nuclear and Industrial Radiologic Technologies/Technicians (other)	1	-	-	-	-
Chemical Technology/Technician	47	-	-	-	-
Chemical Process Technology	10	-	-	-	-
Science Technologies/Technicians (other)	12	-	-	-	-
Psychology	26	-	-	120 Hours	39.00 Months
Criminal Justice and Corrections	9	-	-	110 Hours	28.50 Months
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	179	$32,707	-	92 Hours	18.00 Months
Criminalistics and Criminal Science	11	-	-	-	-
Forensic Science and Technology	96	-	-	-	-
Public Policy Analysis	8	-	-	-	-
Health Policy Analysis	2	-	-	-	-
International Policy Analysis	1	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences	14	-	-	-	-
Forensic Anthropology	2	-	-	-	-
Criminology	5	-	-	-	-
Economics	15	-	-	-	-
Applied Economics	2	-	-	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	1	-	-	-	-
Development Economics and International Development	1	-	-	-	-
Political Science and Government	23	-	-	-	-
Political Economy	3	-	-	-	-
Sociology	21	-	-	-	-
Applied/Public Sociology	1	-	-	-	-
Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician	4	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians

The following 962 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.