The main focus area for this major is General Chemistry. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Chemistry is a major offered under the physical sciences program of study at Georgia Southern University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in chemistry, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at GaSou was ranked #171 on College Factual's Best Schools for chemistry list. It is also ranked #6 in Georgia.
Here are some of the other rankings for GaSou.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at GaSou paid an average of $643 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $182 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $4,371 | $15,425 |
Fees | $2,114 | $2,114 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,136 | $10,136 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $6,158 | $6,158 |
Learn more about GaSou tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Chemistry students who received their bachelor’s degree at GaSou took out an average of $26,250 in student loans. That is 18% higher than the national average of $22,229.
The median early career salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor’s degree from GaSou is $39,585 per year. That is 12% higher than the national average of $35,333.
GaSou does not offer an online option for its chemistry bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GaSou Online Learning page.
Women made up around 58.5% of the chemistry students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at GaSou in 2019-2020, 22.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 32 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Chemistry students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Chemistry | 41 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Geological & Earth Sciences | 10 |
Physics | 11 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.