[ac29]

There is a huge glut in some of the sciences. I'll only speak to Biology/Life Sciences, since that's what my degree is in, but I would say well over 50% of graduates, including myself, don't end up working in the field. The jobs I got, and could get, in the Bay Area, were right about in the $34k/year range (and that was for someone fortunate enough to have multiple years of research experience).

Spending a few more years in school and taking on more debt to get a graduate degree might have helped, but I make as much or more now doing IT work than most of the people I know who have Masters degrees in the field.