Chemistry at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

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

MCLA is located in North Adams, Massachusetts and approximately 1,202 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from MCLA.

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

MCLA Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

MCLA Chemistry Rankings

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

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 MCLA 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 Schools	388
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	778

Chemistry Student Demographics at MCLA

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

MCLA Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from MCLA. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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

MCLA 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Chemists	2,890	$94,270
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,950	$82,580
Chemistry Professors	870	$104,780

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.