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General quality of life statement

The progression of your salary in this field will depend heavily on experience. Over half the people with a degree in genetics go back to get a graduate degree, so you've got to consider how much time you're willing to be an in-debt college student.

This means it's in your favor to go back to school, which we're sure you wanted to hear. But once you get out, you're looking at a 58% job satisfaction rate, which is better than half the others out there.

The money can go a long way to giving you what you want from life, but this course of study is about more than cash. The work you'll be doing could literally change the course of history. Okay, maybe that's a bit dramatic, but if you're good enough, it could be true. Imagine if you modified genes so we wouldn't be as susceptible to HIV or cancer. You could change the world as we know it. 

If you choose to major in genetics, we wish you the best of luck in choosing which mansion to move into after that breakthrough.

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