Chemistry at Berea College

If you plan to study chemistry, take a look at what Berea College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Berea is located in Berea, Kentucky and approximately 1,432 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from Berea.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Chemistry section at the bottom of this page.

Berea Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Berea Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Berea performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at Berea is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	57
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	474
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	548

Chemistry Student Demographics at Berea

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chemistry majors at Berea College.

Berea Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

The chemistry program at Berea awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 63% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chemistry bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Berea College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Berea also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Berea College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,200	$51,740
Chemists	650	$72,100
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$110,070
Chemistry Professors	160	$68,760

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Rachid Hogerhuis under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.