Chemistry at Birmingham Southern College

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

BSC is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 1,129. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from BSC.

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

BSC Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

BSC Chemistry Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at BSC 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	248
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	309
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	778
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	879

Chemistry Student Demographics at BSC

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

BSC Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 chemistry students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from BSC, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at BSC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BSC 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 AL, the home state for Birmingham Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
High School Teachers	16,270	$51,180
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	840	$67,630
Chemists	610	$76,220
Chemistry Professors	280	$80,840
Forensic Science Technicians	210	$49,990

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 Jwrandolph under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.