General Chemistry at Vanderbilt University

Every general chemistry school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the chemistry program at Vanderbilt University stacks up to those at other schools.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537.

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.

Vanderbilt General Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Master’s Degree in Chemistry

Vanderbilt General Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Vanderbilt 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.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt General Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Vanderbilt General Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a chemistry master's degree from Vanderbilt, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a master'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

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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Chemists	1,140	$75,430
Natural Sciences Managers	500	$111,670
Chemistry Professors	430	$78,970

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.