Chemistry at University of Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a chemistry school? To help you decide if University of Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's chemistry program.

UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 17,834 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.

UChicago Chemistry Degrees Available

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

UChicago Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at UChicago 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 35 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UChicago

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

UChicago Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Chicago with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	32
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UChicago Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Chemistry

The following chemistry concentations are available at University of Chicago. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Chemistry	123
Other Chemistry	23

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• General Physical Sciences
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• 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 IL, the home state for University of Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Chemists	2,870	$74,770
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Chemistry Professors	1,030	$87,070

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 Leefon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.