Chemistry at Lafayette College

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

Lafayette is located in Easton, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,514 students attend the school each year. Of the 720 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College in 2021, 6 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.

Lafayette Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Lafayette Chemistry Rankings

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

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 Lafayette 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	371
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	448
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	573
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	649

Chemistry Student Demographics at Lafayette

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

Lafayette Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 chemistry students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lafayette, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Lafayette 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 Lafayette College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lafayette also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 0 student 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 PA, the home state for Lafayette 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 Shuvaev under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.