Chemistry at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 35 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from Colorado State.

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

Colorado State Chemistry Degrees Available

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

Colorado State Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Colorado State 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 Colorado 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
Most Focused Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	632

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from Colorado State. This makes it the #45 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Colorado State Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado State is $37,838. This is 2% higher than $37,104, which is the national average for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Colorado State

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

Colorado State Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Colorado State in 2020-2021, 66% were men and 34% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Colorado State 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	22
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colorado State Chemistry Master’s Program

Of the 12 chemistry students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Colorado State, about 42% were men and 58% were women.

Of the students who received a chemistry master's degree from Colorado State, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a master's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colorado State also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Sciences
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
• 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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,930	$93,010
Chemists	1,700	$77,250
Natural Sciences Managers	1,230	$141,750
Chemistry Professors	410	$87,960

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.