Chemistry at Kentucky Wesleyan College

Every chemistry school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the chemistry program at Kentucky Wesleyan College stacks up to those at other schools.

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and approximately 887 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from Wesleyan.

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

Wesleyan Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Wesleyan Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Wesleyan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at Wesleyan 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	4
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	5
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	411
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	488

Chemistry Student Demographics at Wesleyan

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

Wesleyan Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 chemistry majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wesleyan. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Wesleyan 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wesleyan 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 KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,200	$51,740
Chemists	650	$72,100
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$110,070
Chemistry Professors	160	$68,760

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 Matthewru under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.