Chemistry at Bridgewater State University

What traits are you looking for in a chemistry school? To help you decide if Bridgewater State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's chemistry program.

Bridgewater State is located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and approximately 10,651 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,191 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bridgewater State University in 2021, 16 of them were chemistry majors.

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

Bridgewater State Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Bridgewater State Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State 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
Best Value Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Best Chemistry Schools	239

Earnings of Bridgewater State Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bridgewater State is $42,643. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Bridgewater State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chemistry majors at Bridgewater State University.

Bridgewater State Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Bridgewater State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Bridgewater State University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Physics
• Geological & Earth Sciences

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 MA, the home state for Bridgewater State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Chemists	2,890	$94,270
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,950	$82,580
Chemistry Professors	870	$104,780

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 Jeremy Foote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.