Healthcare
Physicians, Pathologists
Diagnose diseases and conduct lab tests using organs, body tissues, and fluids. Includes medical examiners.
Median salary
Varied
Typical range
Varied
Job outlook
+4% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Typical progression
Junior Physicians, Pathologists
Entry / Junior
Varied
~2 yrs to advance
Physicians, Pathologists
Established
Varied
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Physicians, Pathologists
Senior
Varied
Key skills
A typical day
- •Examine microscopic samples to identify diseases or other abnormalities.
- •Diagnose diseases or study medical conditions, using techniques such as gross pathology, histology, cytology, cytopathology, clinical chemistry, immunology, flow cytometry, or molecular biology.
- •Write pathology reports summarizing analyses, results, and conclusions.
- •Communicate pathologic findings to surgeons or other physicians.
- •Identify the etiology, pathogenesis, morphological change, and clinical significance of diseases.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.