Chemistry at Earlham College

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

Earlham is located in Richmond, Indiana and approximately 815 students attend the school each year. Of the 230 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Earlham College in 2021, 2 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.

Earlham Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Earlham Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Earlham 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 Earlham 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	393
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	475
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	886
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	997

Chemistry Student Demographics at Earlham

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

Earlham Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Earlham 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 Earlham College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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

Earlham 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 IN, the home state for Earlham College.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Chemists	2,820	$69,690
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	850	$62,590
Chemistry Professors	370	$91,480

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 Self under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.