Chemistry at The City College of New York

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

CCNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,227 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from CCNY.

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

CCNY Chemistry Degrees Available

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

CCNY Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how CCNY performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at CCNY 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
	197

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from CCNY. This makes it the #91 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #201 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Chemistry Graduates from CCNY Make?

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at CCNY is $33,741. This is less than $37,104, which is the national average of all chemistry majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Chemistry Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chemistry majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from CCNY. About 37% were men and 63% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 The City College of New York with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

CCNY Chemistry Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 chemistry majors earned their master's degree from CCNY. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women.

In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

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

CCNY also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 NY, the home state for The City College 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 Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.