Chemistry at University of Richmond

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

URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and approximately 4,056 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from URichmond.

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

URichmond Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

URichmond Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at URichmond compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 URichmond 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	315
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	401

Chemistry Student Demographics at URichmond

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

URichmond Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at URichmond 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 Richmond with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

URichmond 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 VA, the home state for University of Richmond.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,150	$85,550
Chemists	1,390	$98,670
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Chemistry Professors	820	$78,160

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 Andrij Bulba under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.