Biochemistry at University of Nevada - Reno

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 Nevada - Reno stacks up to those at other schools.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 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.

UNR Biochemistry Degrees Available

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

UNR Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at UNR 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 UNR

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological chemistry majors at University of Nevada - Reno.

UNR Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 UNR since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in biological chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNR 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. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 43% men graduate in biological chemistry each year. UNR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 57% more men than average.

In the biological chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Biological Science Professors	260	$71,410
Medical Scientists	220	$104,900
Natural Sciences Managers	220	$115,150

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.