Chemistry at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,671 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Northwest in 2021, 5 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.

Purdue Northwest Chemistry Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Chemistry (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Purdue Northwest Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Purdue Northwest 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 Purdue Northwest 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 Popular Chemistry Basic Certificate Schools	8
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	634
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	951

Chemistry Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 chemistry students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue Northwest, about 80% were men and 20% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Purdue Northwest are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Purdue University Northwest with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Physical 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Chemists	2,820	$69,690
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	850	$62,590
Chemistry Professors	370	$91,480

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.