2023 Most Popular Chemistry Schools
Finding the Best Chemistry School for You
Chemistry is the #49 most popular major in the country with 5,005 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Chemistry Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 329 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Chemistry program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Chemistry Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for chemistry majors pursuing a .
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in Chemistry
Our analysis found University of California - San Diego to be the most popular school for chemistry students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemistry Schools list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Chemistry Schools list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Chemistry Schools list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
Out of the 329 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemistry students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Chemistry Schools list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
University of Oregon did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemistry students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #9, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemistry students. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemistry programs. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.
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Cornell University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemistry programs. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.
With a ranking of #12, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemistry students. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
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With a ranking of #13, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemistry students. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
With a ranking of #14, Yale University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemistry students. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemistry students. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of California - Berkeley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemistry students. It came in at #15 on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.
Princeton University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemistry students. It came in at #17 on the list. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemistry Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemistry students. It came in at #18 on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.
Florida State University landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemistry programs. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemistry programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
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University of California - Irvine landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemistry programs. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the city of Irvine.
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Northwestern University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemistry Schools ranking. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
New York University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemistry students. It came in at #23 on the list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
Stanford University ranked #25 on this year’s Most Popular Chemistry Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Rest of the Top Most Popular Chemistry Schools
Additional Award Winners
This section represents the remainder of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Chemistry Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 329 different United States chemistry schools we analyzed.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | Washington University in St Louis | Saint Louis, MO |
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Chemistry Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo, NY |
| 52 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 52 | University of Oklahoma Norman Campus | Norman, OK |
| 52 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 52 | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA |
| 57 | Rice University | Houston, TX |
| 57 | University of Georgia | Athens, GA |
| 57 | University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 57 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| 57 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY |
| 57 | Villanova University | Villanova, PA |
| 57 | University of California - Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA |
| 64 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg, TX |
| 64 | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| 64 | University of Delaware | Newark, DE |
| 64 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 64 | Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago, IL |
Chemistry by Region
View the Most Popular Chemistry Schools for a specific region near you.
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| New England |
| Rocky Mountains |
| Plains States |
| Middle Atlantic |
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| Southwest |
| Great Lakes |
Majors Related to Chemistry
Chemistry is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Chemistry
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physics | 3,727 |
| Geological & Earth Sciences | 2,491 |
| Materials Sciences | 448 |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics | 371 |
| Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology | 342 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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