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  1. A college experience on a small campus with big reach<\/li>\n
  2. Small class sizes taught by faculty that are excellent teachers and researchers<\/li>\n
  3. Opportunities to do research with professors<\/li>\n
  4. Opportunities to explore the expansive field of Biology<\/li>\n
  5. Professional advising preparing you from start to finish<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Growth Areas<\/h2>\n
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    1. Biological Technician; BLS projects 7% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    2. Genetic Counselor; BLS projects 26% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    3. Health Communications Specialist; BLS projects 6% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    4. Health Educator; BLS projects 17% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    5. Pharmaceutical Company Representative; BLS projects 6% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    6. Physician Assistant; BLS projects 31% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    7. Nurse Practitioner; BLS projects 45% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    8. Attorney (environmental, patent, malpractice, compliance); BLS projects 9% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    9. Financial Analyst; BLS projects 6% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n
    10. Technical writer; BLS projects 6% increase in jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Careers our alumni ended up in<\/h2>\n
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      • Medical Doctor<\/li>\n
      • Dentist<\/li>\n
      • Physical Therapist<\/li>\n
      • Physician\u2019s assistant<\/li>\n
      • Public medicine advocate<\/li>\n
      • Epidemiologist<\/li>\n
      • Ophthalmologist<\/li>\n
      • Director of a Zoo<\/li>\n
      • (Vice) President of a Biotech company<\/li>\n
      • High school science teacher<\/li>\n
      • Environmental consultant<\/li>\n
      • Scientist at a perfume\/cosmetics company<\/li>\n
      • Quality control expert<\/li>\n
      • College Professor<\/li>\n
      • Research scientist to solve major diseases<\/li>\n
      • Research scientist to solve major environmental issues<\/li>\n
      • CDC scientist<\/li>\n
      • Science Educator<\/li>\n
      • Lab technician<\/li>\n
      • Investigator for the Federal Government<\/li>\n
      • FBI agent<\/li>\n
      • Forensic Scientist<\/li>\n
      • Plant biologist<\/li>\n
      • Pharmacist<\/li>\n
      • Pharmaceutical Sales<\/li>\n
      • Marine Biologist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        A college experience on a small campus with big reach Small class sizes taught by faculty that are excellent teachers and researchers Opportunities to do research with professors Opportunities to explore the expansive field of Biology Professional advising preparing you from start to finish Growth Areas Biological Technician; BLS projects 7% increase in jobs. Genetic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":207709,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-207706","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207708,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207706\/revisions\/207708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}