Chemistry at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 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.

UCONN Chemistry Degrees Available

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

UCONN Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at UCONN 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 24 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at UCONN are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCONN Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Chemistry

If you plan to be a chemistry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Connecticut. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Chemistry	71
Polymer Chemistry	5

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Chemists	1,400	$92,850
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	800	$83,220
Natural Sciences Managers	650	$179,200
Chemistry Professors	360	$81,680

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.