Biochemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign stacks up to those at other schools.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 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.

UIUC Biochemistry Degrees Available

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

UIUC Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at UIUC 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 UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological chemistry majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% 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 UIUC since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in biological chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UIUC Biochemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of biological chemistry master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in biological chemistry.

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

Related Majors

• Biophysics

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical Scientists	3,510	$87,660
Biological Science Professors	2,530	$78,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Biochemists and Biophysicists	690	$111,760

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.