Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University

If you plan to study chemistry, take a look at what Virginia Commonwealth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 112 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from VCU.

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

VCU Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Doctorate Degree in Chemistry

VCU Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how VCU 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 VCU 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 Schools	18
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	180
Most Focused Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools	284

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in chemistry from VCU. This is the #285 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Chemistry Graduates from VCU Make?

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at VCU is $31,701. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

The chemistry program at VCU awarded 112 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	47
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

VCU also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 14 students 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 Virginia Commonwealth University.

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.