Chemistry at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study chemistry, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,654 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2021, 14 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.

Columbia Chemistry Degrees Available

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

Columbia Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Columbia 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, 29 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from Columbia. This makes it the #15 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #61 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chemistry majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Columbia. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Columbia Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	6
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 15 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Physical Science
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Materials Sciences
• Physics
• Geological & Earth 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Chemists	3,360	$85,590
Chemistry Professors	2,270	$102,260
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,430	$117,370

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.