Chemistry at College of the Holy Cross

If you are interested in studying chemistry, you may want to check out the program at College of the Holy Cross. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Holy Cross is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 2,970 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Holy Cross.

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

Holy Cross Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Holy Cross Chemistry Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at Holy Cross 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
	46
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	196

How Much Do Chemistry Graduates from Holy Cross Make?

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Holy Cross is $41,359. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Holy Cross

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

Holy Cross Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 chemistry students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Holy Cross, about 45% were men and 55% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Holy Cross 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 College of the Holy Cross with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Holy Cross 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 MA, the home state for College of the Holy Cross.

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 George Rypysc III under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.