Marine Biologist
"Let's explore with exotic water animals!"
Basic information about your career
2. Most marine biologist study a specific study of life like birds or insects.
3. This job will be able to increase the knowledge of living organisms.
4. Most biologists work in their labs.
5. Earn around $51,020 a year.
6. Most have a doctorate degree in school.
7. The growth of employers is 9%.
8. Most colleges are near the cost or water.
9. Most marine biologist specialize in a specific area.
10. Marine biologist work for the government, hospitals, and universities.
Pros and cons of this career
What do you need to do to succeed in this career?
What colleges can you attend to earn a degree for this career?
The University or California, Santa Barbra is a good college for many students. Some pros about this college is that they have full sports for both men and women, enrollment size is a good size, and there's good technology for all kinda of uses. Some cons are its hard to get into school there, out of state tuition is expensive, and the school has a large waiting list. Santa Barbara, CA 93106. http://my.sa.ucsb.edu/Catalog/Current/CollegesDepartments/ls-intro/earthsci.aspx?DeptTab=Courses
Another college is Florida institute of Technology, Melbourne. Some pros about this college is that it's the same in state as out of state tuition, there is lots of girl sports including basketball, softball, swim etc. Students can a scholarship there for almost anything. Some cons are not a lot of people can get in, there's not a lot of area in the college, and it's far away. Melbourne, 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, http://www.fit.edu.
The last college is University of Hawaii at Monoa. Pros of this college are there's lot of activities with sports there, there's not a long waiting list, and there's lots of majors and degrees there. Cons are the ratio is 14:1, it's difficult to get into for some students, and it's expensive compared to the in state tuition. Honolulu, Hawaii, 2500 Campus Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, http://manoa.hawaii.edu.
Associations/Professional organization for this career
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 101 St. Webster Street, Madison, Wisconsin , 1-888-936-7463, http://dnr.wi.gov
American Society of Microbiology, 1752 N Street, N.W., Washington D.C., (202) 737-3600, http://www.asm.org/index.php/contact-us
Job Advertisement
Are you interested in exploring the underwater sea life and doing expirements? Being a marine biologist is the job for you! Being a marine biologist can get you $51,020 dollars a year. It contains lots of training and you need to be near the water. Usually marine biologists work in a lab or out on the field. Out of the field is usually by water or by animals. Colleges usually cost a lot of money to be a marine biologist because it causes lots of extra training. Also, marine biologists need to learn to scuba dive sometimes because they need to go underwater. They need a doctorate degree to be a marine biologist. Call 1-800-UnderwaterNow