Chemistry at Western Colorado University

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

Western is located in Gunnison, Colorado and approximately 3,203 students attend the school each year. Of the 386 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Colorado University in 2021, 8 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.

Western Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Western Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Western 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 Western 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
	104
	111
Best Value Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Best Value Chemistry Schools	124
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
Best Chemistry Schools	184
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	191
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	474

Chemistry Student Demographics at Western

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

Western Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Western in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 63% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Western 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 Western Colorado University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Western also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences

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 CO, the home state for Western Colorado University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,930	$93,010
Chemists	1,700	$77,250
Natural Sciences Managers	1,230	$141,750
Chemistry Professors	410	$87,960

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 Draconrex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.