Chemistry at Rutgers University - Camden

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

Rutgers Camden is located in Camden, New Jersey and approximately 7,076 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,499 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University - Camden in 2021, 10 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.

Rutgers Camden Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Master’s Degree in Chemistry

Rutgers Camden Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Rutgers Camden 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 Rutgers Camden 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
	145
	154
Best Value Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	375

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from Rutgers Camden. This makes it the #153 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Chemistry Graduates from Rutgers Camden Make?

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers Camden is $37,146. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Rutgers Camden

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

Rutgers Camden Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry from Rutgers Camden in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

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 Rutgers University - Camden with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Rutgers Camden Chemistry Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in chemistry from Rutgers Camden in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a chemistry master's degree from Rutgers Camden, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rutgers University - Camden with a master's in chemistry.

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

Rutgers Camden 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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - Camden.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Chemists	7,460	$96,100
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,670	$80,350
Physics Postsecondary Professors	460	$113,400

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.