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General Chemistry at Occidental College

General Chemistry at Occidental College

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

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 1,839.

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

Oxy General Chemistry Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Oxy General Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Oxy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Oxy

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

Oxy General Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Occidental College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for Occidental College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Chemists 10,430 $88,570
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Chemistry Professors 1,570 $116,530

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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