Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

What traits are you looking for in a biochemistry and molecular biology school? To help you decide if University of Maryland - Baltimore County is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biochemistry and molecular biology program.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 13,497 students attend the school each year.

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

UMBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Master’s Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

UMBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Rankings

The biochemistry and molecular biology major at UMBC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biochemistry & 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 and Molecular Biology Student Demographics at UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biochemistry and molecular biology majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of biochemistry and molecular biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical biochemistry and molecular biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at UMBC since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biochemistry and molecular biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in biochemistry and molecular biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UMBC Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of biochemistry and molecular biology 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 Maryland - Baltimore County with a master's in biochemistry and molecular biology.

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

Related Majors

• Molecular Biology

Careers That Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in biochemistry and molecular biology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Biological Scientists	4,100	$103,790
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Biochemists and Biophysicists	970	$99,370
Biological Science Professors	760	$89,650

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 Tim Menzies under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.