Chemistry at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,020. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Virginia State.

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

Virginia State Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Virginia State Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Virginia State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Virginia State 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	211

Chemistry Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

The chemistry program at Virginia State awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 65% 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 State University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Virginia State 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 VA, the home state for Virginia State 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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.