Chemistry at Reed College

If you are interested in studying chemistry, you may want to check out the program at Reed College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Reed is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 1,385 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from Reed.

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

Reed Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Reed Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Reed 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 Reed 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	13
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	246
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	331

Chemistry Student Demographics at Reed

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

Reed Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Reed. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Reed 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 Reed College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 OR, the home state for Reed College.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	950	$77,980
Chemists	620	$76,780
Chemistry Professors	310	$97,780

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.