Chemistry at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

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

IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and approximately 29,390 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from IUPUI.

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

IUPUI Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Doctorate Degree in Chemistry

IUPUI Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at IUPUI 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 IUPUI 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
Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools	80
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	514

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in chemistry from IUPUI. This is the #285 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of IUPUI Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at IUPUI is $35,884. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at IUPUI

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

IUPUI Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from IUPUI. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at IUPUI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	33
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

IUPUI also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Physics
• Geological & Earth Sciences

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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Chemists	2,820	$69,690
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	850	$62,590
Chemistry Professors	370	$91,480

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.