Chemistry at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 32,293 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received their master's degree in chemistry.

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

Sac State Chemistry Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Chemistry

Sac State Chemistry Rankings

Chemistry Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Chemistry Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in chemistry from Sac State. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

Of the students who received a chemistry master's degree from Sac State, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Sacramento with a master's in chemistry.

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

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Sacramento.

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.