General Chemistry at University of California - Merced

77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying general chemistry, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Merced. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UC Merced is located in Merced, California and approximately 9,018 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Merced General Chemistry Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UC Merced General Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at UC Merced is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UC Merced

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

UC Merced General Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

61% Women

77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 University of California - Merced with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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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 University of California - Merced.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Chemists	10,430	$88,570
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Chemistry Professors	1,570	$116,530

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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