Marine and Freshwater Biology (with year in industry)
25MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£23,500
SATISFACTION90%
CONTINUATION80%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS40%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 25% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Marine and Freshwater Biology (with year in industry)
BSc · Prifysgol Aberystwyth · 4 years
The pay story
- £23,500Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £21,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £28,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 15th percentile of 568 Biological Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 80%Found their work meaningful
- 50%Felt on track with their career
- 40%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Sales occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Research and Development (RandD) and Other Research Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 22 / 100Conservation and environment professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).