Chemistry at Southern Wesleyan University

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

SWU is located in Central, South Carolina and approximately 1,345 students attend the school each year. Of the 259 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Wesleyan University in 2021, 3 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.

SWU Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

SWU Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at SWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at SWU 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	406
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	879

Chemistry Student Demographics at SWU

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

SWU Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from SWU in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at SWU 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 Southern Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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

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

Related Majors

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 SC, the home state for Southern Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
Chemists	1,450	$75,960
Natural Sciences Managers	530	$91,270
Chemistry Professors	250	$72,970

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 Robert Thall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.