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Biochemistry at University of Southern California

Biochemistry at University of Southern California

If you plan to study biochemistry, take a look at what University of Southern California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 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.

USC Biochemistry Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Chemistry

USC Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at USC 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 USC

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

USC Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% 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 USC since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in biological chemistry.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 5
International Students 1
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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

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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