Chemistry at Westfield State University

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

Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and approximately 5,395 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Westfield.

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

Westfield Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Westfield Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Westfield 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 Westfield 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 Popular Chemistry Schools	879

Chemistry Student Demographics at Westfield

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

Westfield Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Westfield. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

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 Westfield State University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

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

Westfield 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 MA, the home state for Westfield State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Chemists	2,890	$94,270
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,950	$82,580
Chemistry Professors	870	$104,780

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.