Chemistry at Scripps College

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

Scripps is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 958. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Scripps.

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

Scripps Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Scripps Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Scripps 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 Scripps 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	167
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	193
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	634
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	717

Chemistry Student Demographics at Scripps

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

Scripps Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Scripps in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Scripps are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. 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 Scripps College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 CA, the home state for Scripps College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Chemists	10,430	$88,570
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Forensic Science Technicians	2,110	$85,280

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 Lure Photography under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.