Chemistry at Norfolk State University

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

Norfolk State is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 5,457 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Norfolk State.

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

Norfolk State Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Norfolk State Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Norfolk State 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 Norfolk State 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	273
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	488

Chemistry Student Demographics at Norfolk State

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

Norfolk State Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

The chemistry program at Norfolk State awarded 10 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 65% 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 Norfolk State University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Norfolk State also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials 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 VA, the home state for Norfolk State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Chemists	1,390	$98,670
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Chemistry Professors	820	$78,160

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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.