Chemistry at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

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

UMass Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and approximately 18,150 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

UMass Lowell Chemistry Degrees Available

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

UMass Lowell Chemistry Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #132 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UMass Lowell

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

UMass Lowell Chemistry Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a master’s in chemistry from UMass Lowell in 2021, 63% were men and 38% were women.

Of the students who received a chemistry master's degree from UMass Lowell, 63% 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 University of Massachusetts - Lowell with a master's in chemistry.

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• 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 University of Massachusetts - Lowell.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.