Chemistry at Virginia Military Institute

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

VMI is located in Lexington, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,698. In 2021, 6 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from VMI.

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

VMI Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

VMI Chemistry Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at VMI 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	183
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	212
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	573
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	649

Chemistry Student Demographics at VMI

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

VMI Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry from VMI in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Military Institute with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

VMI 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Military Institute.

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 Kbog under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.