Chemistry at Davidson College

What traits are you looking for in a chemistry school? To help you decide if Davidson College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's chemistry program.

Davidson is located in Davidson, North Carolina and approximately 1,983 students attend the school each year. Of the 598 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College in 2021, 17 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.

Davidson Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Davidson Chemistry Rankings

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

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 Davidson 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	52
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	227
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	314

Chemistry Student Demographics at Davidson

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

Davidson Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Davidson in 2020-2021, 59% were men and 41% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Davidson College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Davidson 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 NC, the home state for Davidson College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Chemists	4,370	$77,820
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Chemistry Professors	960	$85,800

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 Dacoslett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.