Chemistry at Willamette University

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

Willamette is located in Salem, Oregon and approximately 1,866 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Willamette.

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

Willamette Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Willamette Chemistry Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chemistry programs across the country. The following shows how Willamette 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 Willamette 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	121
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	137
	187
Best Value Chemistry Schools	228
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	376
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	462

Earnings of Willamette Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Willamette is $31,482. This is less than $37,104, which is the national average of all chemistry majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Willamette

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

Willamette Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 chemistry students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Willamette, about 45% were men and 55% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Willamette University with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Willamette 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 OR, the home state for Willamette University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
High School Teachers	10,390	$72,640
Natural Sciences Managers	1,250	$109,610
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	950	$77,980
Chemists	620	$76,780
Chemistry Professors	310	$97,780

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 Cacophony under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.