Chemistry at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 13,061. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from UWF.

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

UWF Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UWF Chemistry Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at UWF 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 Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	185
Most Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	598

Chemistry Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry from UWF in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at UWF 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 The University of West Florida with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UWF 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 FL, the home state for The University of West Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,920	$58,790
Chemists	2,010	$67,800
Forensic Science Technicians	1,710	$52,810
Chemistry Professors	800	$98,270

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.