08/26/2026
🧬💊 Want a career where you can help make medicines, medical tests, and products that improve lives? High school is a great time to think about your future career. You could help create medicines, vaccines, and medical tests that improve people’s lives.
studies living things. uses that science to develop useful products. Biomanufacturing produces those products safely and in large quantities. Healthcare workers use the medicines and tests to care for patients.
🔬💼 The opportunities are growing:
• The LA region aims to create 10,000 life-science jobs by 2030.
• LA County’s average bioscience salary is over $100,000 a year.
• Careers are available in laboratories, manufacturing, quality control, research, data, and healthcare.
The San Fernando Valley is a strong center for bioscience training. Los Angeles Mission College prepares students for biotechnology and biomanufacturing careers through hands-on laboratory training, certificates, degrees, and a Bachelor of Science in Biomanufacturing. A new state-of-the-art biotechnology facility is now being developed to expand training and help prepare more San Fernando Valley students for these careers.
Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles Valley College, Glendale Community College, and Cal State University, Northridge also offer various types of training to prepare you for a successful bioscience and healthcare career. 🎓
Eligible students can save at least $2,208 in community college enrollment fees through the Los Angeles College Promise, and financial aid is available at all educational institutions if you qualify.
Start exploring your future! 🚀 Visit EconomicAlliance.org/Bioscience to learn about admission and financial aid for your next step toward earning a college certificate or degree.
