<p>Greetings. I'm currently in my 2nd year of undergrad studying molecular biology and I'm looking for some advice of where to go after I complete my undergrad education.</p>
<p>First off I'm currently deciding whether to further pursue molecular biology in graduate school or go into pharmacy school. I want to work in a lab preferably in a research position. Money isn't a massive factor,but it does play its role,and I equally enjoy both fields so which of the two seems best in this situation?</p>
<p>Assuming I pursue molecular biology in grad school is it better to get a M.S or a phD? I have seen a lot of conflicting information on this topic and not sure which would be best for me. Thank you in advanced</p>
<p>With just an MS in a biology field, your options are extremely limited. If you want to have a full research career, run your own lab, etc., you need to have a PhD.</p>
<p>With just a BS you are looking at low paying lab permatemp jobs for as little as $12 an hour. With and MSc most jobs count the MSc as a BSc with 2 years experience and you end up with the same really crappy jobs with just the BSc. With the PhD there is a huge glut of both foreign and domestic PhD holders in the USA especially in the life sciences so they end up doing endless post-docs for $35k constantly hoping for a real job in either industry or academia. Most finally dead end arround age 40 and have to start over with a career change with the PhD actually hindering their prospects as hiring managers see them as overqualified, and cluessless academic with no idea how the real world works.</p>
<p>I was basically just told to change my major completely this was far from helpful advice,there is no way completley abandoning my major is a solution.</p>
<p>Get a PhD If you want to have a job in biology research. Anything less will not be worth your time. Although you will have to go through several postdoc positions, tenure is the usual goal for biology PhDs, and constitutes the end of the long tunnel.</p>