Chemistry

2,048 programs at U.S. colleges award 19,958 credentials a year in this field (CIP 40.05). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $65,120 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Niagara County Community College Sanborn, NY	$29,339	$8,705	0

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$62,511	$21,641	27
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$59,576	$11,077	129
Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	$55,389	—	14
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University Bloomfield, NJ	$55,389	—	6
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA	$55,376	$27,000	14
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$54,055	$24,597	19
Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	$53,607	$25,000	24
Towson University Towson, MD	$52,765	$21,187	39
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	$52,645	$26,824	17
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT	$52,216	$25,818	0
University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT	$52,216	$25,818	0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT	$52,216	$25,818	0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT	$52,216	$25,818	0
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$52,216	$25,818	40
University of California-Merced Merced, CA	$50,944	$14,500	31
University of Houston Houston, TX	$50,717	$12,500	30
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	$50,659	$23,093	27
California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	$50,553	$12,430	52
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA	$50,524	$18,250	20
Weber State University Ogden, UT	$50,350	—	9
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$50,304	$20,504	26
Salisbury University Salisbury, MD	$50,169	$27,000	13
Hamline University Saint Paul, MN	$50,007	—	8
University of North Alabama Florence, AL	$49,497	$23,250	2
Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	$49,462	$18,488	57

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$77,371	—	11
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	$69,821	—	29
University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	$63,856	$24,355	20
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$60,750	—	56
South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	$59,387	—	9
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	$44,230	—	28
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	$42,369	$26,595	23

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$110,158	—	53
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	$108,840	—	57
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$108,154	—	66
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$106,676	—	18
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$103,167	—	18
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$101,242	—	29
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$100,906	—	34
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$96,201	—	47
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	$93,474	—	46
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	$93,148	—	38
Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	$91,021	—	29
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$90,302	—	42
University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	$86,469	—	27
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$85,864	—	37
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	$85,580	—	52
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$85,467	—	21
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	$85,131	—	33
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$84,652	—	28
University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	$83,436	—	41
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$83,359	—	46
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	$81,045	—	31
Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	$78,947	—	6
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$78,947	—	12
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$78,087	—	33
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	$72,394	—	28