Chemistry at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,114 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2021, 15 of them were chemistry majors.

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

UCCS Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UCCS Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at UCCS 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 UCCS 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	265
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	350
Most Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	551

Chemistry Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 chemistry majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCCS. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at UCCS 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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

UCCS 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,930	$93,010
Chemists	1,700	$77,250
Natural Sciences Managers	1,230	$141,750
Chemistry Professors	410	$87,960

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.