Chemistry at Westmont College

If you are interested in studying chemistry, you may want to check out the program at Westmont College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 1,226. Of the 341 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westmont College in 2021, 14 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.

Westmont Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Westmont Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Westmont performed in these rankings.

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 Westmont 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	22
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	24
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	291
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	375

Chemistry Student Demographics at Westmont

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

Westmont Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Westmont College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Westmont also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 0 student 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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Chemists	10,430	$88,570
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Forensic Science Technicians	2,110	$85,280

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.