Chemistry at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211. Of the 2,289 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University in 2021, 24 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.

NKU Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

NKU Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at NKU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 NKU 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
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	168
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	230

Earnings of NKU Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at NKU is $36,148. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from NKU in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at NKU 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 Kentucky University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,200	$51,740
Chemists	650	$72,100
Natural Sciences Managers	300	$110,070
Chemistry Professors	160	$68,760

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.