Bachelor's · earnings grade

Is a Biomathematics degree worth it?

Graduates earn a median $71,015 two years after finishing, more than 96% of bachelor's majors. Measured across 98 US programmes by the Department of Education — real graduate pay, not survey answers.

A

The verdict on the money

Yes, on the money — this is one of the best-paying majors at this level in the country.

Median earnings $71,015 2 years after finishing
Typical range $70,176–$71,015 middle half of US programmes
Over no degree +$31,495 vs $39,520 high-school median
Graduates a year 697 98 programmes

Where a Biomathematics degree pays best US programmes ranked on their own graduates' median earnings two years out.

#University1 yr out2 yrs out3 yrs outGraduates/yr
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology cost & debt at this university → not published $94,408 not published 22
2 Brigham Young University cost & debt at this university → not published $71,015 not published 39
3 University of California-San Diego cost & debt at this university → $48,470 $71,015 $98,074 75
4 Cornell University cost & debt at this university → $69,641 $70,176 not published 31
5 Virginia Commonwealth University cost & debt at this university → not published $37,208 not published 38

What this figure does and does not tell you

It is the median of what real graduates of this exact major earned, taken from tax records two years after they completed. It is not a starting salary, not an average of job adverts, and not a projection. The median bachelor's major in this dataset reports $36,497, so Biomathematics sits above the middle by $34,518.

Two years is early in a career. Fields with long training pipelines — medicine, law, research — look weaker at this point than they will at ten, while trades and applied technical fields peak sooner. Read a low figure in a long-pipeline subject as "slow start", not "bad degree".

There is no debt figure here on purpose. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not borrowing, so nobody can honestly tell you the debt of a specific major. Debt is published per institution — that is where our university cost pages carry it.

Biomathematics at other levels

Master's — $66,860 (B)

Majors that pay more at this level Closest first — useful if you are still choosing.

Systems Engineering — $74,279 Petroleum Engineering — $74,577 Naval Architecture — $81,997

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Biomathematics: the questions people ask

How much do Biomathematics graduates earn?
The median bachelor's graduate earns $71,015 two years after finishing (weighting each programme by how many students it graduates), across 5 US programmes that publish the figure. One year out it is $48,470.
Is a Biomathematics degree worth it?
Yes, on the money — this is one of the best-paying majors at this level in the country. The median graduate earns $31,495 a year more than a US worker whose highest qualification is a high-school diploma.
What is the salary range for Biomathematics?
Half of US programmes report medians between $70,176 and $71,015. Where you study moves this figure more than most applicants expect.
How many people graduate in Biomathematics each year?
About 697 students complete a bachelor's in this field each year across 98 US programmes.
Does this include student debt?
No — and deliberately. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not debt, so any "debt by major" figure you see elsewhere is an estimate. Debt is published per institution, which is why our university pages carry it and this page does not.
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Classified by the Department of Education as Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (CIP 2611). Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings (median earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured 1–3 years after completion). Figures are per major and credential level, pooled across US programmes. Information only, not financial advice.