Chemistry is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #51 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of chemistry. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 203 degrees in chemistry during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Chemistry Schools in Iowa list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the chemistry degree levels they offer.
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in chemistry. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames.
Degree recipients from the chemistry degree program at Iowa State University earn $7,136 more than the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Any student pursuing a degree in chemistry needs to look into University of Iowa. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduation, chemistry degree recipients typically make about $31,178 in the first five years of their 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).