Chemistry at Louisiana Tech University

If you are interested in studying chemistry, you may want to check out the program at Louisiana Tech University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and approximately 11,126 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,514 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech University in 2021, 23 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.

Louisiana Tech Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Louisiana Tech Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech 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 Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170

Chemistry Student Demographics at Louisiana Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chemistry majors at Louisiana Tech University.

Louisiana Tech Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Louisiana Tech. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Louisiana Tech 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 Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Louisiana Tech 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	960	$68,570
Chemists	820	$77,490
Natural Sciences Managers	320	$94,850
Forensic Science Technicians	240	$47,300

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.