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Chemistry at Roanoke College

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.

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

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.

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

22% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 78% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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About 78% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Chemistry

Chemistry majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Roanoke College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Chemistry 7

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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