Chemistry at Gettysburg College

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

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,507. Of the 717 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College in 2021, 7 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.

Gettysburg Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Gettysburg Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Gettysburg performed in these rankings.

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 Gettysburg 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	296
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	524
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	598

Chemistry Student Demographics at Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry from Gettysburg in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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

Gettysburg 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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Chemists	5,460	$77,250
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,050	$74,430
Chemistry Professors	1,430	$93,510

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 Jason Kowell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.