Biochemistry & Biotechnology Careers & Outcomes
Of MSUM's 2015 Biochemistry and Biotechnology graduates available to work, 100 percent were employed. About one-third of those graduates are continuing their education in graduate or professional schools. According to the American Chemical Society, the median starting salary for inexperienced new chemistry graduates is $42,000.
Biochemistry and Biotechnology graduates enjoy a wide range of career options in the chemical sciences, including employment in industry, academia, government, nonprofit and entrepreneurship. Depending on your area of emphasis – biological chemistry or biochemistry and molecular biology – you may find careers related to basic or applied research.
Biochemistry & Biotechnology College to Career Map
What can I do with a Biochemistry & Biotechnology degree?
- Biochemical engineer
- Biochemist
- Biomedical engineer
- Biotechnologist
- Chemical lab technician
- Chemist
- Clinical research specialist
- Enzymologist
- Epidemiologist
- Food scientist
- Forensic biologist
- Geneticist
- Hydrologist
- Inorganic chemist
- Materials scientist
- Mineralogist
- Molecular biologist
- Petroleum inspector
- Pharmaceutical researcher
- Pharmacologist
- Toxicologist
Where Biochemistry & Biotechnology Alumni Work Graduate School
Related Links
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Chemists
- Council for Chemical Research
- The National Science Foundation
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- American Chemistry Council
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biotechnology Industry Organization
- Society of Toxicology
- Biochemical Society