Chemistry at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from NAU.

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

NAU Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Master’s Degree in Chemistry

NAU Chemistry Rankings

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

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 NAU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	246

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from NAU. This makes it the #182 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NAU Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $29,325. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 73 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from NAU in 2020-2021, 44% were men and 56% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at NAU 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

NAU Chemistry Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 chemistry majors earned their master's degree from NAU. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 65% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a master's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NAU 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
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Other Physical Science
• 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
High School Teachers	17,200	$48,610
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,420	$72,150
Natural Sciences Managers	1,060	$101,790
Forensic Science Technicians	700	$60,900
Chemists	530	$72,090

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.