New Hampshire·Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations·SOC 19-1029

Best Biological Scientist, All Other programs in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment

All biological scientists not listed.

14 schools in New Hampshire run programs that feed this job, graduating 594 people a year. The job pays a median of $83,740 in New Hampshire across about 310 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledBotanistBiologistScientistBioinformaticistMedical GeneticistResearch ScientistMolecular BiologistBioinformatics Scientist
Graduates / yr
594
in New Hampshire
Median pay · New Hampshire
$83,740
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
310
people employed
Schools
14
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
54%
across those schools
Median net price
$26,344
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Hampshire that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

12 programs in New Hampshire that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Hampshire (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New Hampshire page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1256
43.1%
14$32,152$25,000
2112
18.9%
5$31,687$22,936
362
10.4%
1$30,508$24,586
461
10.3%
3$49,023$21,309
530
5.1%
1$38,243$23,014
627
4.5%
1$29,460$23,480
725
4.2%
2$31,800$21,424
810
1.7%
2$29,460$23,480
95
0.8%
1$38,383$22,065
104
0.7%
1$29,460$23,480
111
0.2%
1$31,278$23,000
121
0.2%
1$38,243$23,014

Top 14 schools in New Hampshire

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 6 of the 14 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, NH Public · 9 feeder programs
250Nutrition Sciences$34,11576%88%
2Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
137Biology/Biological Sciences, General$36,52596%$14,6895%
3University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Manchester, NH Public · 3 feeder programs
60Biotechnology$50,27650%81%
4Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs
26Biology/Biological Sciences, General$33,82080%$29,60078%
5Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH Public · 3 feeder programs
25Biology/Biological Sciences, General$40,08852%88%
6Rivier University
Nashua, NH Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
23Biology/Biological Sciences, General52%$25,06583%
7Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
21Biology/Biological Sciences, General43%$34,565100%
8Keene State College
Keene, NH Public · 2 feeder programs
19Biology/Biological Sciences, General$43,62460%90%
9Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
12Biology/Biological Sciences, General54%$26,34493%
10Colby - Sawyer College
New London, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
6Biology/Biological Sciences, General57%$21,74780%
11Great Bay Community College
Portsmouth, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
5Biology/Biological Sciences, General34%
12Nashua Community College
Nashua, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
5Biology/Biological Sciences, General38%
13NHTI - Concord's Community College
Concord, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
3Biology/Biological Sciences, General29%
14New England College
Henniker, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Biology/Biological Sciences, General35%$30,08692%

All 14 schools in New Hampshire

Every school in New Hampshire with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in New Hampshire that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of New Hampshire - Main CampusDurhamPublic2509
Dartmouth CollegeHanoverPrivate not-for-profit1374
University of New Hampshire at ManchesterManchesterPublic603
Saint Anselm CollegeManchesterPrivate not-for-profit263
Plymouth State UniversityPlymouthPublic253
Rivier UniversityNashuaPrivate not-for-profit232
Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchesterPrivate not-for-profit211
Keene State CollegeKeenePublic192
Franklin Pierce UniversityRindgePrivate not-for-profit121
Colby - Sawyer CollegeNew LondonPrivate not-for-profit61
Great Bay Community CollegePortsmouthPublic51
Nashua Community CollegeNashuaPublic51
NHTI - Concord's Community CollegeConcordPublic31
New England CollegeHennikerPrivate not-for-profit21

What biological scientists, all other earn in New Hampshire

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New Hampshire
$83,740
Mean annual
$94,460
Jobs in state
310
What the range looks like
10th pct$63,790Median$83,74090th pct$131,750
Versus the national median
-15.3%

U.S. median $98,920. New Hampshire pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.28×

Concentrated here: New Hampshire employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.2%
Little or no change
Openings per year
4,800
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
800
63,700 → 64,500
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Biological Scientists, All Other page.

How to become a Biological Scientist, All Other

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Top skills

ScienceReading ComprehensionWritingCritical ThinkingActive ListeningSpeaking

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in New Hampshire

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 25 majors mapped to Biological Scientists, All Other24 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 26.0101Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • 26.0204Molecular Biology
  • 26.0207Structural Biology
  • 26.0208Photobiology(no graduates reported)
  • 26.0209Radiation Biology/Radiobiology
  • 26.0210Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • 26.0299Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other
  • 26.0301Botany/Plant Biology
  • 26.0305Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • 26.0307Plant Physiology
  • 26.0308Plant Molecular Biology
  • 26.0399Botany/Plant Biology, Other
  • 26.0401Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • 26.0403Anatomy
  • 26.0404Developmental Biology and Embryology
  • 26.0406Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • 26.0407Cell Biology and Anatomy
  • 26.0499Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other
  • 26.0503Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • 26.0504Virology
  • 26.0505Parasitology
  • 26.0506Mycology
  • 26.0507Immunology
  • 26.0508Microbiology and Immunology
  • 26.0509Infectious Disease and Global Health

Common questions

Answers for people weighing biological scientists, all other programs in New Hampshire.

What degree do you need to become a Biological Scientist, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Biology/Biological Sciences, General, which awarded 256 degrees in New Hampshire in 2024-25, 43.1% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Biological Scientist, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 12 programs to this occupation. The largest are Biology, Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Nutrition Sciences, Biotechnology, plus 5 more. Together they graduate about 594 people a year in New Hampshire.

How much do biological scientists, all other earn in New Hampshire?+

The median is $83,740 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 15.3% below the U.S. median of $98,920. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for biological scientists, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +1.2% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 4,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Hampshire?+

14 institutions in New Hampshire reported graduates from at least one of the 12 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do biological scientists, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Botanist, Biologist, Scientist, Bioinformaticist, Medical Geneticist, Research Scientist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 19-1029.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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