biology undergrad with MBA in marketing

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, guys, I have been a laboratory manager in Colorado for 2 years, I am now finding a way out of the lab/bench work into business development or marketing. the pay is ok, but I am just getting sick of lab/hospital/technical stuffs. I am currently looking at MBA in marketing; however, my local schools are not nearly as good as top tier or even second tier... should I even bother applying to them now? (University of Colorado @ denver, boulder, university of denver) as I understand, top tier = top 20-30? second tier = top 50? those schools I mentioned are about 100-150... :S</p>

<p>also, how is the job market looks like for BS bio/MBA grads? I kinda don't want to be holding a MBA degree and still doing the same job I am doing now. I used to be a sales rep for 2-3 years about 10 years ago (non-bio/pharma); don't think that will help with my resume at all...</p>

<p>Thanks a lot</p>

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<p>If you are asking what the job market is like for MBA grads, you should not go into an MBA program. An MBA is useful only to the extent that you network and make it useful; it’s not like an engineering degree, where graduating immediately qualifies you for a bunch of jobs.</p>

<p>And the outlook for BS bio people is… not good. The market is flooded with a bunch of bio majors who couldn’t get into med school like they wanted; your mid-career earning average is actually less than that of art history majors.</p>