Chemistry at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 8,789 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 27 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University.

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

Wake Forest University Chemistry Degrees Available

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

Wake Forest University Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University 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
Best Chemistry Schools	11
Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140
Most Popular Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools	141
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	303
Most Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	314

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

How Much Do Chemistry Graduates from Wake Forest University Make?

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wake Forest University is $37,985. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Wake Forest University in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wake Forest University also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 5 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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Chemists	4,370	$77,820
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	3,790	$64,850
Natural Sciences Managers	2,960	$153,490
Chemistry Professors	960	$85,800

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.