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Class of 2007 (Summer 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007)

Every year the Career Center conducts an annual survey of the initial postgraduate activities of Bachelor’s degree students. Our primary focus for this report is to provide students interested in this major with examples of the wide variety of employment and graduate school choices past students have made. Data for 2007 includes survey responses from Summer 2006, Fall 2006, and Spring 2007. For more information on how the survey data was obtained, go to Survey Data Collection.

Please note: Beginning with the 2006 survey year, students with double and triple majors are represented in each of their majors, whereas in past years their data were only presented in their primary major.


Response Rate
Graduated Responded Percent    
69 40 58%    

Activity Summary
Employed Attending
Grad School
Seeking
Employment
Other
Endeavors
 
45% 39% 14% 2%  

Employment Sectors & Average Salary*
For Profit Nonprofit Education Government Average Salary*
45% 20% 20% 15% $35,107

*Not all respondents reported salary. Majors with four or less reported salaries have no salary information shown to protect the confidentiality of student data.

Employment
Employer Job Title    
Abbott Diagnostics Laboratory Technician    
Amyris Biotechnologies Analytical Chemistry Associate    
Applied Materials Lab Analyst    
ChevronTexaco Analytical Chemist    
Curtis & Tompkins ICP Analyst    
Cytograft Tissue Engineering, Inc. Cell Culture Technician    
Equilar Inc Research Analyst    
Fidessa Software Engineer    
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Research Scientist    
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Researcher    
National Institutes of Health Research Assistant    
Teach for America Secondary Science Teacher    
The Burnham Institute Lab Assistant    
The Health Trust AmeriCorps*VISTA    
University of California San Francisco Staff Research Associate    
Veterinary Clinic Veterinary Nurse    
-- Clinical Research Associate    

Graduate Study
Field Degree School  
Biochemistry PhD Johns Hopkins University  
Biochemistry DDS University of California-San Francisco  
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, other Other University of Wisconsin-Madison  
Biomedical/Medical Engineering PhD University of California-Berkeley  
Chemistry, General PhD University of California-San Diego  
Medicine (MD) MD --  
Molecular Biology PhD Stanford University  
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical PhD University of California-San Diego  
Organic Chemistry PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
Organic Chemistry PhD Princeton University  
Pharmacology PhD --  
Pharmacy Other University of California-San Diego  
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry PhD University of California-Irvine  
 
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