<p>If you want a well paying job must you attend grad school? Or would a biochem degree from UC Davis suffice? </p>
<p>I heard biochem degrees get relegate to washing glassware in labs.</p>
<p>Biology/chemistry/biochemistry majors do not have particularly good job and career prospects at the bachelor’s degree level, probably because there are so many biology majors graduating each year.</p>
<p>Even at the PhD level, getting academic and research jobs can be very competitive for job seekers to get:
[Education:</a> The PhD factory : Nature News](<a href=“http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110420/full/472276a.html]Education:”>Education: The PhD factory | Nature)</p>