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Biochemistry at University of California - Santa Barbara

Biochemistry at University of California - Santa Barbara

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 University of California - Santa Barbara stacks up to those at other schools.

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 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.

UCSB Biochemistry Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Chemistry

UCSB Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at UCSB 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 UCSB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological chemistry majors at University of California - Santa Barbara.

UCSB Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% 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 UCSB since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 University of California - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in biological chemistry.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 5
International Students 4
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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Barbara.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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