General Chemistry at University of Pennsylvania
UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Chemistry section at the bottom of this page.
UPenn General Chemistry Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
- Master’s Degree in Chemistry
UPenn General Chemistry Rankings
The chemistry major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Chemistry Student Demographics at UPenn
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chemistry majors at University of Pennsylvania.
UPenn General Chemistry Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in chemistry.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
UPenn General Chemistry Master’s Program
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a master's in chemistry.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 10 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 27 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Related Majors
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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.
Occupation | Jobs in PA | Average Salary in PA |
---|---|---|
High School Teachers | 50,460 | $64,830 |
Chemists | 5,460 | $77,250 |
Natural Sciences Managers | 4,480 | $147,810 |
Chemistry Professors | 1,430 | $93,510 |
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 WestCoastivieS under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.