Chemistry at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 19,371 students attend the school each year.

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

Georgetown Chemistry Degrees Available

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

Georgetown Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Georgetown 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #96 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Georgetown Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemistry

If you plan to be a chemistry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgetown University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Chemistry	21
Environmental Chemistry	9

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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
High School Teachers	3,850	$65,180
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,600	$115,190
Natural Sciences Managers	1,200	$132,310
Chemists	260	$120,980
Chemistry Professors	100	$81,040

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.