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What kind of jobs are available to me with a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry? And what options are there with a Masters?

I have always enjoyed the Sciences and Biochemistry is a combination of two classes I really enjoy. I was wondering what careers I can expect from the major as well as their salaries. #science #career

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You can apply to medical school and be a dual student within a master/PhD and MD program. If you don't like interaction with people you can be a pathologist or epidemiologist. Just one degree in the STEM field is not enough to make a living income. Teachers make more money and they only work for 9 months a year. Make sure you: take a course in grant writing, do summer internships under different PIs and earn letters of recommendation for grad school entrance. Make sure to ask your biochem counselor if there is a 4+1 master's plan in your freshman or sophomore year. Most entry level jobs out of undergrad are lab assistants for like 36K to 40K or in sales commission.

Go to the local medical school sites and see what other tracts they have in STEM. Go on a tour. Remember only go with a school that has the PIs who have exact interests as you have. If you have asthma or an allergies to mice, dogs, or monkeys, then you may have to choose a different career path.

If you are worried about costs of becoming a PhD, most schools have stipends/grants to pay you while you study because they know you can't earn a PhD while working. You will have to TA which takes time away from studies.

Salaries range from 36K to 40K with an undergrad degree.
With a PhD in a university it ranges from 50K to whatever you can raise through grants for your investigations.
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You have a number of options with either a Bachelor's or Master's. You can work in the biopharmaceutical, food, and healthcare industries. Application of biochemistry and related science training are foundational for jobs in those companies. I work in the pharmaceutical industry and master's level biochemists can work in the quality control (testing) labs, process development (where we design and experiment to develop ways to make therapeutic drugs. We also have biochemists in discovery labs.


You can get other ideas by looking at company websites in their career sections for what lab jobs they have open and the requirements. Also, check out some graduate biochem programs for what curriculum they have and how they place their students in jobs.
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