Chemistry at Upper Iowa University

If you are interested in studying chemistry, you may want to check out the program at Upper Iowa University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and approximately 3,610 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,084 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Upper Iowa University in 2021, 3 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.

UIU Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UIU Chemistry Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at UIU 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	934

Chemistry Student Demographics at UIU

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

UIU Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry from UIU in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at UIU 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 Upper Iowa University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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

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

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 IA, the home state for Upper Iowa University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	550	$74,140
Chemists	380	$71,120
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$127,440
Chemistry Professors	240	$94,470

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 SheilaJMiller under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.