Chemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and approximately 28,669 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.

UT Dallas Chemistry Degrees Available

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

UT Dallas Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at UT Dallas 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.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Dallas with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Dallas Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 22% 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 Dallas with a master's in chemistry.

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

Concentrations Within Chemistry

If you plan to be a chemistry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Dallas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Chemistry	44

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.