Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University

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

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon.

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

Carnegie Mellon Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Master’s Degree in Chemistry
• Doctorate Degree in Chemistry

Carnegie Mellon Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Carnegie Mellon 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.

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #76 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #69 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 chemistry majors earned their bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon. Of these graduates, 39% were men and 61% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Carnegie Mellon Chemistry Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a master's degree in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon. About 63% were men and 38% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 14 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Physics
• Materials 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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Chemists	5,460	$77,250
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,050	$74,430
Chemistry Professors	1,430	$93,510

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.