<p>Hi, I am planning to get a Phd in biomedical sciences, but I would like to get some opinions. What major would be better for this? microbiology or biomedical sciences? and also, what are the career prospects and salary for people with a Phd in biomedical sciences.
Thanks</p>
<p>The degree you get isn’t as important as significant research experience (not just washing glassware)</p>
<p>Very poor for all of the above. I’ve posted on the science grad school pyramid scheme before but Academia relies on a constant stream of grad students to provide cheap labor for labs and teaching undergrads. After all that hard work which now a days can be 7 years+ you may get a PhD (depending if you get a good avisor who helps you rather than f’s you over many bad programs the attrition rate can be 2/3+) and guess what no jobs. As a result you end up forced into post-docing so the universities can exploit you some more while you search for a real job which for many never comes. Then you hit 40, being burned out of science, wasted your youth and needing to do a career change fighting the stigmas of being to old, overqualified, and no nonacademic working experience. </p>
<p>That is how science grad school works out for many if not most Americans now a days and it is going to get worse with the immigration bill green card/H1-b free for all for foreign science grads. That is why most science grad programs are populated by mostly foreigners. Americans know a bad deal when they see it.</p>
<p>is there any other science related career that has much better prospects?</p>