Chemistry at Harvey Mudd College

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

Harvey Mudd College is located in Claremont, California and approximately 854 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Harvey Mudd College.

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

Harvey Mudd College Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Harvey Mudd College Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Harvey Mudd College 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 Harvey Mudd College 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	102
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	113
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	706
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	797

Chemistry Student Demographics at Harvey Mudd College

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

Harvey Mudd College Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 chemistry majors earned their bachelor's degree from Harvey Mudd College. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Harvey Mudd College 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 Harvey Mudd College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Harvey Mudd College 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 CA, the home state for Harvey Mudd College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Chemists	10,430	$88,570
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Forensic Science Technicians	2,110	$85,280

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 Imagine under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.