Chemistry at Elmhurst University

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

Elmhurst is located in Elmhurst, Illinois and approximately 3,421 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Elmhurst.

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

Elmhurst Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Elmhurst Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst 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 Popular Chemistry Schools	649

Chemistry Student Demographics at Elmhurst

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

Elmhurst Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Elmhurst in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Elmhurst University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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

Elmhurst 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 IL, the home state for Elmhurst University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Chemists	2,870	$74,770
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Chemistry Professors	1,030	$87,070

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 Teemu008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.