Biochemistry at Lewis & Clark College

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Lewis and Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 3,157.

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

Lewis and Clark College Biochemistry Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Chemistry

Lewis and Clark College Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at Lewis and Clark College 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 Lewis and Clark College

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

Lewis and Clark College Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

44% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% 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 Lewis and Clark College since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological chemistry 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 biological chemistry.

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

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 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 Science Professors	470	$96,920
Biochemists and Biophysicists	80	$79,130

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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