Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 124 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from UT Austin.

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

UT Austin Chemistry Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Chemistry Rankings

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

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 UT Austin 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 Master’s Degree Schools	273

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in chemistry from UT Austin. This makes it the #182 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Austin Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $40,785. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chemistry majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 124 chemistry students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Austin, about 44% were men and 56% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	47
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UT Austin Chemistry Master’s Program

Of the 3 chemistry students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Austin, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in chemistry.

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

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 25 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Chemists	5,160	$87,490
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Chemistry Professors	1,700	$95,070

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.