If you plan on majoring in chemistry, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #51 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of chemistry. Combined, these schools handed out 339 degrees in chemistry to qualified students.
The chemistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Chemistry rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for chemistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Chemistry Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the chemistry degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in chemistry needs to take a look at University of Maryland - College Park. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 64 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available. Those chemistry students who get their degree from University of Maryland - College Park make $5,037 more than the standard chemistry student.
Any student pursuing a degree in chemistry has to take a look at Johns Hopkins University. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 58 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Towson University if you want to pursue a degree in chemistry. Towson is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Towson. This university ranks 6th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 67 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the chemistry program make an average of $40,103 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The chemistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Chemistry rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for chemistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
