Chemistry at University of St. Thomas

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

UST is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 3,692 students attend the school each year. Of the 486 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of St. Thomas in 2021, 11 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.

UST Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UST Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how UST 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 UST 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	376
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	462

Chemistry Student Demographics at UST

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

UST Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 St. Thomas with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UST 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 TX, the home state for University of St. Thomas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Chemists	5,160	$87,490
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Chemistry Professors	1,700	$95,070

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 college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.