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