Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology at Lewis & Clark College

What traits are you looking for in a biochemistry school? To help you decide if Lewis & Clark College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biochemistry program.

Lewis and Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 3,157 students attend the school each year.

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

Lewis and Clark College Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry

Lewis and Clark College Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Rankings

The biochemistry major at Lewis and Clark College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology. 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.

Biochemistry Student Demographics at Lewis and Clark College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biochemistry majors at Lewis & Clark College.

Lewis and Clark College Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of biochemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical biochemistry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Lewis and Clark College since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biochemistry at Lewis and Clark College 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 Lewis & Clark College with a bachelor's in biochemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

If you plan to be a biochemistry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lewis & Clark College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biochemistry	13

Related Majors

• General Biology

Careers That Biochemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in biochemistry can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Lewis & Clark College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Medical Scientists	1,720	$90,050
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Biological Scientists	770	$69,930
Biological Science Professors	470	$96,920
Microbiologists	110	$66,370

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 Otebig (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.