Chemistry at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335. In 2021, 22 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from UCA.

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

UCA Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UCA Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how UCA performed in these rankings.

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 UCA 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
	217
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	249

Earnings of UCA Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCA is $29,438. This is less than $37,104, which is the national average of all chemistry majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UCA

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

UCA Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from UCA. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at UCA 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 University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCA 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 AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
High School Teachers	11,480	$51,780
Chemists	320	$72,840
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	270	$58,540
Natural Sciences Managers	270	$109,910
Chemistry Professors	160	$72,560

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.