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Chemistry at Carleton College

Chemistry at Carleton College

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

Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 1,940 students attend the school each year.

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

Carleton Chemistry Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Carleton Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Carleton 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.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Carleton

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

Carleton Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

45% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 17
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Chemistry

If you plan to be a chemistry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carleton College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Chemistry 21

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 MN, the home state for Carleton College.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
High School Teachers 20,940 $64,610
Chemists 2,010 $88,400
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,780 $74,880
Natural Sciences Managers 1,490 $125,780
Chemistry Professors 380 $86,150

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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