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Health/Medical Technologies

The tables below present the occupations that are most commonly associated with a degree in Health/Medical Technologies. We have separated the tables depending on whether we examine graduates who stop their education with the bachelors degree in Health/Medical Technologies, and those who get either a masters in Health/Medical Technologies, a Ph.D. in Health/Medical Technologies. While the list above describes the occupations of students with advanced degrees in Health/Medical Technologies some students with a bachelors degree in Health/Medical Technologies will get advanced degrees in other fields. The tables listed below descibe the types of advanced degrees that were chosen by students with a bachelors in Health/Medical Technologies. Since all of the above tables present information on the average salary, it is possible to lose sight of the fact that some majors place students in jobs with a narrow range of salaries near to the mean while others place students in many different income categories. For this reason, we have drawn two frequency distributions (histograms) of Health/Medical Technologies Salaries.









Histogram of Health/Medical Technologies Salaries: Bachelors Degree Only

The diagram below includes all students with a major in Health/Medical Technologies who received no degree beyond the bachelors.

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Histogram of Health/Medical Technologies Salaries: Bachelors and Beyond

The diagram below includes all students with a major in Health/Medical Technologies while an undergraduate. The data includes students who subsequently earned degrees beyond the bachelors.

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Bachelors Degree

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a bachelors degree majoring in Health/Medical Technologies.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $36,648        457       70.63   Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
  $36,087         33        5.10   Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
  $48,294         23        3.55   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $44,355         16        2.47   Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
  $43,170         10        1.55   OTHER management related occupations
  $38,430         10        1.55   Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
  $63,932          9        1.39   Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
  $43,765          8        1.24   Chemists, except biochemists
  $54,940          8        1.24   Registered nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, therapists, physician assistants
  $40,032          6         .93   OTHER OCCUPATIONS (Not Listed)
  $35,924          6         .93   Sales Occupations - Retail (e.g., furnishings, clothing, motor vehicles, cosmetics)
  $45,848          5         .77   OTHER health occupations
  $25,557          5         .77   Precision/production occupations (e.g., workers, woodworkers, butchers, bakers, printing occupations, tailors, shoemakers, photographic process)
  $38,352          5         .77   Technologists and technicians in the physical sciences
  $46,650          4         .62   Computer system analysts
  $32,900          4         .62   OTHER administrative (e.g., record clerks, telephone operators)
  $21,142          4         .62   Operators and related occupations (e.g., machine set-up, machine operators and tenders, fabricators, assemblers)
  $38,333          3         .46   Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
  $41,667          3         .46   OTHER biological/life scientists
  $37,910          2         .31   OTHER computer, information science Occupations
  $26,800          2         .31   Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
  $40,000          2         .31   Information systems scientists or analysts
  $43,500          2         .31   Engineers:  Bioengineering and biomedical
  $17,680          2         .31   Protective services (e.g., fire fighters, police, guards)
  $45,500          2         .31   Physicists
  $16,140          2         .31   Artists, Broadcasters, Editors, Entertainers, Public Relations Specialists, Writers
  $48,000          1         .15   Transportation/material moving occupations
  $47,000          1         .15   Biochemists and biophysicists
  $60,000          1         .15   Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
 $150,000          1         .15   Teachers:  Pre-Kindergarten and kindergarten
  $46,800          1         .15   Other engineers
  $15,600          1         .15   Social Workers
  $46,000          1         .15   Insurance, securities, real estate, and business services
  $40,000          1         .15   Teachers:  Elementary
  $35,600          1         .15   Engineers:  Electrical, electronic
  $32,268          1         .15   Teachers:  Secondary - computer, math or sciences
  $26,000          1         .15   Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists
  $23,712          1         .15   OTHER service occupations, except health
  $16,900          1         .15   Food Preparation and Service (e.g., cooks, waitresses, bartenders)
  $16,744          1         .15   Secretaries, receptionists, typists

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Masters

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a masters degree in Health/Medical Technologies.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $42,838         17       47.22   Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)
  $49,000          6       16.67   Top and mid-level managers, executives, administrators (people who manage other managers)
  $38,000          2        5.56   Biological scientists (e.g., botanists, ecologists, zoologists)
  $52,250          2        5.56   Sales Occupations - Commodities Except Retail (e.g., industrial machinery/equipment/supplies, medical and dental equiptment/supplies)
  $28,000          2        5.56   Chemists, except biochemists
  $36,000          1        2.78   Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
  $40,040          1        2.78   Professors:  Biological Sciences
  $31,200          1        2.78   Accounting clerks, bookkeepers
  $30,500          1        2.78   Computer system analysts
  $49,920          1        2.78   Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
  $30,000          1        2.78   OTHER service occupations, except health
  $60,000          1        2.78   Statisticians

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Ph.D.

The information in the table below is based on data from people of all sexes and ages whose most recent college degree was a Ph.D. degree in Health/Medical Technologies.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Occupation
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  $18,720          1       20.00   Computer programmers (business, scientific, process control)
  $20,000          1       20.00   Medical scientists (excluding practitioners)
  $53,000          1       20.00   Technologists and technicians in the biological/life sciences
  $96,000          1       20.00   Diagnosing Treating Practitioners (e.g., dentists, optometrists, physicians, psychiatrists, podiatrists, surgeons, veterinarians)
 $150,000          1       20.00   Health Technologists and Technicians (e.g., dental hygienists, health record technologists/technicians, licensed practical nurses, medical or laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists/technicians)

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Masters Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Health/Medical Technologies



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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $41,980         20       19.42   Health/medical technologies
  $40,463         13       12.62   Health services administration
  $48,133         12       11.65   Business administration and management
  $39,238          9        8.74   OTHER health/medical sciences
  $51,841          7        6.80   Microbiology
  $33,581          4        3.88   Biology, general
  $39,196          4        3.88   Psychology:  Counseling
  $43,411          3        2.91   OTHER business management/administrative services
  $29,417          3        2.91   Education:  Science teacher education
  $46,600          2        1.94   Psychology:  General
  $48,000          2        1.94   OTHER biological sciences
  $52,100          2        1.94   Chemistry
  $23,561          2        1.94   Biochemistry and biophysics
  $23,561          2        1.94   Biochemistry
  $52,000          1         .97   Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
  $52,000          1         .97   English Language and Literature/Letters
  $58,000          1         .97   Nursing (4 years or longer program)
  $58,000          1         .97   History, other
  $58,500          1         .97   Engineering: Bioengineering and biomedical
  $60,000          1         .97   Business/managerial economics
  $63,000          1         .97   Public administration
 $104,000          1         .97   Engineering: Computer/systems
  $19,500          1         .97   Education:  Elementary teacher education
  $42,068          1         .97   Business, general
  $40,248          1         .97   Social Work
  $38,000          1         .97   Education:  OTHER education
  $35,000          1         .97   Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
  $33,530          1         .97   Financial management
  $33,218          1         .97   OTHER philosophy, religion, theology
  $33,000          1         .97   Statistics
  $29,000          1         .97   Cell and molecular biology
  $28,142          1         .97   Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
  $27,960          1         .97   OTHER communications
  $27,000          1         .97   Mathematics, general

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PhD's earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Health/Medical Technologies



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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $67,000          2       13.33   Microbiology
  $38,400          1        6.67   Architecture/Environmental Design
  $93,700          1        6.67   Public health (including environmental health and epidemiology)
  $88,088          1        6.67   OTHER biological sciences
  $52,800          1        6.67   Education:  Administration
  $50,596          1        6.67   Education:  OTHER education
  $40,100          1        6.67   Psychology:  Experimental
  $14,400          1        6.67   Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
  $36,000          1        6.67   Cell and molecular biology
  $29,000          1        6.67   OTHER psychology
  $28,700          1        6.67   Physiology, human and animal
  $27,000          1        6.67   Biochemistry and biophysics
  $27,000          1        6.67   Biochemistry
  $25,006          1        6.67   Law/Prelaw/Legal Studies
  $19,000          1        6.67   Pharmacology, human and animal

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Other Professional Degrees earned by students with a Bachelors degree in Health/Medical Technologies

Other advanced degrees include: JD, LLB, ThD, MD, and the DDS.

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  Avg 1993   Number of     Pct of
  Salary    Observations   Majors  Description of Field of Study
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  $78,033         28       75.68   Medicine (e.g., dentistry, optometry, osteopathic, podiatry, veterinary)
  $61,833          3        8.11   OTHER health/medical sciences
 $110,000          3        8.11   Health/medical technologies

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Prepared by Prof. Ken Chapman: 73122.1717@compuserve.com