Chemistry at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from GaSou.

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

GaSou Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

GaSou Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at GaSou 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 GaSou 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 Schools	515

How Much Do Chemistry Graduates from GaSou Make?

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $36,748. 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 GaSou

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

GaSou Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 chemistry majors earned their bachelor's degree from GaSou. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GaSou 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
• General Physical 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,300	$72,860
Chemists	1,270	$83,240
Forensic Science Technicians	480	$50,600
Chemistry Professors	300	$96,420

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.