Biochemistry at California State University - Long Beach

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 California State University - Long Beach stacks up to those at other schools.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069.

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

CSULB Biochemistry Degrees Available

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

CSULB Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at CSULB 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.

Biological Chemistry Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological chemistry majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological chemistry bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in biological chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

CSULB Biochemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of biological chemistry master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 43% men graduate in biological chemistry each year. CSULB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 37% more men than average.

In the biological chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in biological chemistry.

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

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biochemists and Biophysicists	5,160	$101,770
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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 Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.