Chemistry at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 3,363. Of the 763 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2021, 17 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.

UNCA Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UNCA Chemistry Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at UNCA 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	86
Best Value Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	185
Best Value Chemistry Schools	193
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	227
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	314

Earnings of UNCA Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNCA is $24,923. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UNCA

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

UNCA Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry from UNCA in 2021, 41% were men and 59% were women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at UNCA 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNCA also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
• 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Chemists	4,370	$77,820
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Chemistry Professors	960	$85,800

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 Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.