Chemistry at Roanoke College

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

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and approximately 1,920 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Roanoke.

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

Roanoke Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Roanoke Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Roanoke performed in these rankings.

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 Roanoke 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	168

Chemistry Student Demographics at Roanoke

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

Roanoke Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Roanoke. About 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Roanoke 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 VA, the home state for Roanoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Chemists	1,390	$98,670
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Chemistry Professors	820	$78,160

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 roanokecollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.