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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemistry of living systems, their fundamental chemical substances and reactions, and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems, with particular reference to carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. Includes instruction in bio-organic chemistry, protein chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, bioseparations, regulatory biochemistry, enzymology, hormonal chemistry, calorimetry, and research methods and equipment operation.
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| A major in Biochemistry is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 50
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Biochemistry among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA | 266
(5.3%) |  |  |
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| | University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA | 189
(2.7%) |  |  |
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| | University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA | 164
(2.3%) |  | |
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| | University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX | 104
(1.2%) | | |
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| | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI | 101
(1.6%) | | |
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| | Harvard University
Cambridge, MA | 90
(5.0%) | |  |
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| | North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC | 82
(1.8%) | | |
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| | University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO | 77
(1.3%) |  | |
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| | Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY | 75
(2.5%) | | |
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| | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA | 68
(1.4%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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