Chemistry at Wayne State College

What traits are you looking for in a chemistry school? To help you decide if Wayne State College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's chemistry program.

WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and approximately 4,202 students attend the school each year. Of the 681 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State College in 2021, 23 of them were chemistry majors.

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

WSC Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

WSC Chemistry Rankings

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

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 WSC 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 Schools	78
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	170
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	241

Chemistry Student Demographics at WSC

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

WSC Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at WSC 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 Wayne State College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WSC 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 NE, the home state for Wayne State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
High School Teachers	7,880	$57,500
Chemists	370	$79,740
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	340	$61,020
Natural Sciences Managers	270	$89,620
Chemistry Professors	140	$80,330

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.