General Chemistry at Rio Hondo College

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

RHCCD is located in Whittier, California and has a total student population of 15,692.

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.

RHCCD General Chemistry Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Chemistry

RHCCD General Chemistry Rankings

Chemistry Student Demographics at RHCCD

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

RHCCD General Chemistry Associate’s Program

67% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of chemistry associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

RHCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in chemistry graduates 64% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rio Hondo College with a associate's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Rio Hondo 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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