Chemistry at Christopher Newport University

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

CNU is located in Newport News, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,868. Of the 1,200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Christopher Newport University in 2021, 27 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.

CNU Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

CNU Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at CNU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 CNU 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 Chemistry Schools	24
	75
Most Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95

How Much Do Chemistry Graduates from CNU Make?

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at CNU is $39,297. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at CNU

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

CNU Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry from CNU in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at CNU 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 Christopher Newport University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CNU 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 VA, the home state for Christopher Newport University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Chemists	1,390	$98,670
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Chemistry Professors	820	$78,160

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 Tony Alter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.