Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus

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

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

Penn State University Park Chemistry Degrees Available

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

Penn State University Park Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Penn State University Park 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.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Penn State University Park

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

Penn State University Park Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Penn State University Park 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 Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Penn State University Park Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus with a master's in chemistry.

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

Concentrations Within Chemistry

If you plan to be a chemistry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Chemists	5,460	$77,250
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,050	$74,430
Chemistry Professors	1,430	$93,510

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 George Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.