Biochemistry at East Carolina University

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study biochemistry, take a look at what East Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798.

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

ECU Biochemistry Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Chemistry

ECU Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at ECU 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 ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological chemistry majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

48% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% 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 ECU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological chemistry at ECU 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in biological chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Medical Scientists	4,500	$98,740
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Biological Science Professors	1,990	$76,320
Biochemists and Biophysicists	390	$90,150

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
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