If you are interested in biology technician/biotechnology laboratory technician, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of biology technician/biotechnology laboratory technician, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Behavior and Ethology | 1 | 267 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 1 | 119 |
| Biochemistry | 1 | 9,737 |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 1,336 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 1 | 89,827 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 1 | 11,758 |
| Biostatistics | 1 | 1,546 |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4,488 |
| Computational Biology | 1 | 321 |
| Genetics, General | 1 | 730 |
As a more focused area within Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians, biology technician/biotechnology laboratory technician sits alongside related programs in that field.
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