Chemistry at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 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.

Harvard Chemistry Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Chemistry
• Doctorate Degree in Chemistry

Harvard Chemistry Rankings

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Chemistry Master’s Program

The chemistry program at Harvard awarded 17 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 24% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• 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 MA, the home state for Harvard 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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.