Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 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.

Johns Hopkins Chemistry Degrees Available

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

Johns Hopkins Chemistry Rankings

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #61 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Chemistry Master’s Program

Of the 29 students who graduated with a master’s in chemistry from Johns Hopkins in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women.

In the chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 24% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Physics
• Other Physical Science

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Chemists	3,100	$116,060
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,560	$77,300
Forensic Science Technicians	440	$66,360

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.