<p>I'll be attending Penn State - University Park in the fall, and I'm currently in the undecided program there. I've been looking pretty hard for potential majors, and I see that Penn State has one of only 8 or so undergrad degree programs in Toxicology. I didn't intend on majoring in Toxicology, so I'm not the most informed about it. Could anyone provide me with some information on if PSU's program is good/bad, or if having an undergrad degree in Tox will help when pursuing an entry level job/grad school out of college, rather than the usual Chem/Bio most students get when pursuing Tox?</p>
<p>I've been trying to decide between Accounting, Toxicology, Meteorology, and IST for majors, and I felt like all signs of my research were pointing to Toxicology as the most in demand job of that group.</p>
<p>Bump…anyone with any information for me?</p>
<p>I’ve also considered toxicology at Penn State, and I found this video that might help you a little bit.</p>
<p><a href=“Toxicology - YouTube”>Toxicology - YouTube;
<p>Toxicology seems like a great major! Especially at Penn State! Also, you don’t need to major in meteorology to study the field in grad school, but you do need to meet strict course requirements if you want to start working for the federal government right after earning your bachelor’s.</p>
<p>Toxicology is really a field that requires at least some postgraduate education, and to work for any of the key employers (pharmaceutical industry, contract laboratories, NIEHS and other government agencies, academia…) you will most likely need a masters, or more likely a PhD and one or more post-doctoral stints. </p>
<p>Historically, undergraduate tox programs were non-existent, so toxicology grad students came from a wide variety of undergraduate fields. I’m sure that’s still the case, so the value of an UG degree in toxicology (vs. biology or chemistry or ??) is somewhat questionable (unless of course it’s just a passion for you). </p>
<p>A good source for information on what you can do with a degree in any of these fields is to ask the school where their graduates end up. There may be some entry level positions for those with a bachelor’s degree, but I’m guessing they will be very low paying for the most part. Of course, it’s been a few years since I was actively looking for a job in the field, so that may have changed, too… Back when I graduated (in the 80s), the only science degree that was employable without an MS or PhD was chemistry.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies guys. Upon further research I think I’m going to go with Accounting though</p>