Ranked #43 in popularity, general chemistry is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general chemistry. Combined, these schools handed out 306 degrees in general chemistry to qualified students.
Your choice of general chemistry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general chemistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Chemistry Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for 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.
University of Maryland - College Park is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general chemistry. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park. This university ranks 2nd out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 62 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Johns Hopkins University if you wish to pursue a degree in general chemistry. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 51 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general chemistry has to look into Towson University. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 43 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of general chemistry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general chemistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
