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General Chemistry at Vassar College

General Chemistry at Vassar College

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

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 2,435 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.

Vassar General Chemistry Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Vassar General Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Vassar 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 Vassar

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

Vassar General Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Vassar 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 Vassar College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Chemists 3,360 $85,590
Chemistry Professors 2,270 $102,260
Natural Sciences Managers 1,360 $148,460

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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