Chemistry at University of Nebraska at Kearney

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

UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and approximately 6,225 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 16 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from UNK.

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

UNK Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UNK Chemistry Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at UNK 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 Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	246
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	308

Chemistry Student Demographics at UNK

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

UNK Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at UNK 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 Nebraska at Kearney with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNK 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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
High School Teachers	7,880	$57,500
Chemists	370	$79,740
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	340	$61,020
Natural Sciences Managers	270	$89,620
Chemistry Professors	140	$80,330

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.