Chemistry at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 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.

URI Chemistry Degrees Available

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

URI Chemistry Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #154 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Chemistry Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in chemistry from URI in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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 Rhode Island with a master's in chemistry.

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

Related Majors

• Physics
• 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
High School Teachers	4,410	$71,440
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	300	$82,160
Chemists	180	$85,390
Chemistry Professors	80	$115,080
Physics Postsecondary Professors	80	$109,370

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.