Biochemistry at Brigham Young University - Provo

Every biochemistry school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biological chemistry program at Brigham Young University - Provo stacks up to those at other schools.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biochemistry section at the bottom of this page.

BYU Biochemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Chemistry
• Master’s Degree in Biological Chemistry

BYU Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biochemistry. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological chemistry, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Chemistry Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological chemistry majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical biological chemistry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological chemistry at BYU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in biological chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BYU Biochemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of biological chemistry master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a master's in biological chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Biophysics
• Molecular Biology

Careers That Biological Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological chemistry can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Natural Sciences Managers	1,200	$99,810
Medical Scientists	890	$76,620
Biological Science Professors	550	$117,940
Biochemists and Biophysicists	100	$67,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.