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School To Employment Pathways System (STEPS)

Occupation
Match to Degrees: Natural Sciences Managers

Scroll through the occupations to see which degrees or courses of study will prepare the applicant for that occupation and the minimum degree level (e.g. Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, etc.) required.

In this classification system the education and training required reflects the manner in which most workers become proficient in that occupation and the preferences of most employers.

The Annual Projected openings include estimates for new and replacement jobs.

Cells with N/A reflect the fact that California colleges did not grant a degree matched to that course of study in the most recent year. Visit our Postsecondary Education Value page to explore another important reason to obtain a degree.

Link Descriptions

• Colleges Offering Degree: Colleges that offer a major in the subject area
• Enrollment in Discipline: Enrollment counts of students in the selected major at public 4-year colleges in California
• Degrees Awarded: Degrees awarded to students in the selected major at public and private colleges in California

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Degrees / Certificates Awarded in 2010 for Public Institutions and 2009 for Non-Public Institutions from All Title IV Participating Institutions

Occupation	Annual Projected Openings	Degree/Course of Study	Minimum Degree Level	Degrees At Minimum Level	Degrees Above Minimum Level	Degrees At or Above Minimum Level
11-9121 - Natural Sciences Managers Additional Information	250	03.0101 - Natural Resources/Conservation, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	132	21	153
		03.0103 - Environmental Studies Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	669	90	759
		14.3701 - Operations Research Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	52	104	156
		26.0000 - Biological and Biomedical Sciences Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0100 - Biology, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0101 - Biology/Biological Sciences, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	6,110	507	6,617
		26.0200 - Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0202 - Biochemistry Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	1,092	41	1,133
		26.0203 - Biophysics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	14	47	61
		26.0204 - Molecular Biology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	68	32	100
		26.0209 - Radiation Biology/Radiobiology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0301 - Botany/Plant Biology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	38	23	61
		26.0305 - Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	13	13
		26.0307 - Plant Physiology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0399 - Botany/Plant Biology, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0401 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	48	25	73
		26.0403 - Anatomy Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	359	12	371
		26.0499 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	21	16	37
		26.0502 - Microbiology, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	243	38	281
		26.0503 - Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	1	8	9
		26.0504 - Virology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0505 - Parasitology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0507 - Immunology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	21	21
		26.0701 - Zoology/Animal Biology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	117	8	125
		26.0702 - Entomology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	10	10	20
		26.0707 - Animal Physiology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	12	N/A	12
		26.0799 - Zoology/Animal Biology, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0804 - Animal Genetics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0805 - Plant Genetics Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.0910 - Pathology/Experimental Pathology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	45	45
		26.1001 - Pharmacology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	29	2	31
		26.1004 - Toxicology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	26	N/A	26
		26.1101 - Biometry/Biometrics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	3	N/A	3
		26.1102 - Biostatistics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	79	79
		26.1201 - Biotechnology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	150	40	190
		26.1301 - Ecology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	61	39	100
		26.1302 - Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	125	73	198
		26.1303 - Evolutionary Biology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		26.1399 - Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	84	31	115
		26.9999 - Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	142	2	144
		27.0000 - Mathematics and Statistics Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		27.0101 - Mathematics, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	1,317	451	1,768
		27.0102 - Algebra and Number Theory Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		27.0103 - Analysis and Functional Analysis Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		27.0104 - Geometry/Geometric Analysis Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		27.0105 - Topology and Foundations Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		27.0301 - Applied Mathematics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	169	63	232
		27.0303 - Computational Mathematics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	23	35	58
		27.0399 - Applied Mathematics, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	50	56	106
		27.0501 - Statistics, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	108	196	304
		27.9999 - Mathematics and Statistics, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	10	16	26
		30.0101 - Biological and Physical Sciences Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	23	34	57
		30.0801 - Mathematics and Computer Science Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	19	7	26
		30.1001 - Biopsychology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	12	N/A	12
		30.1501 - Science, Technology and Society Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	42	N/A	42
		30.1801 - Natural Sciences Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	47	2	49
		30.1901 - Nutrition Sciences Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	223	39	262
		30.2401 - Neuroscience Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	125	39	164
		38.0102 - Logic Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	1	1
		40.0000 - Physical Sciences Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0101 - Physical Sciences Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	11	N/A	11
		40.0201 - Astronomy Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	4	21	25
		40.0202 - Astrophysics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	29	26	55
		40.0203 - Planetary Astronomy and Science Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	2	8	10
		40.0400 - Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0401 - Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	12	34	46
		40.0402 - Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0403 - Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0404 - Meteorology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	14	14
		40.0499 - Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	7	N/A	7
		40.0501 - Chemistry, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	952	544	1,496
		40.0502 - Analytical Chemistry Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0503 - Inorganic Chemistry Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0504 - Organic Chemistry Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0506 - Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0507 - Polymer Chemistry Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	2	2
		40.0508 - Chemical Physics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	1	N/A	1
		40.0599 - Chemistry, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	156	4	160
		40.0601 - Geology/Earth Science, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	309	166	475
		40.0602 - Geochemistry Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	1	8	9
		40.0603 - Geophysics and Seismology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	16	30	46
		40.0604 - Paleontology Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0605 - Hydrology and Water Resources Science Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	7	3	10
		40.0606 - Geochemistry and Petrology Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0607 - Oceanography, Chemical and Physical Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	13	61	74
		40.0699 - Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	26	21	47
		40.0801 - Physics, General Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	490	427	917
		40.0802 - Atomic/Molecular Physics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0804 - Elementary Particle Physics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0805 - Plasma and High-Temperature Physics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0806 - Nuclear Physics Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0807 - Optics/Optical Sciences Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	3	N/A	3
		40.0808 - Solid State and Low-Temperature Physics Match to Other Occupations	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0809 - Acoustics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	7	7
		40.0810 - Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree	Bachelor's Degrees	N/A	N/A	N/A
		40.0899 - Physics, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	30	56	86
		40.9999 - Physical Sciences, Other Match to Other Occupations Colleges Offering Degree Enrollment in Discipline Degrees Awarded	Bachelor's Degrees	10	1	11

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