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Biochemistry at Virginia Tech

Biochemistry at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 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.

Virginia Tech Biochemistry Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Chemistry

Virginia Tech Biochemistry Rankings

The biological chemistry major at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological chemistry majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Biochemistry Bachelor’s Program

51% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 49% of biological chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% 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 Virginia Tech since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological chemistry at Virginia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in biological chemistry.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 57
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Biological Science Professors 1,860 $81,950
Medical Scientists 1,800 $102,310
Natural Sciences Managers 1,270 $133,360

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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