2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Chemistry in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2020-2021, 710 people earned their degree in other chemistry, making the major the 504th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 77 other chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 other chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Chemistry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other chemistry. That schools that top this list have a program in other chemistry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Chemistry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Chemistry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Chemistry in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

#3 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Chemistry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Johns Hopkins University is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 2 doctorate’s other chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Other Chemistry at Johns Hopkins

2

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Chemistry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 10 doctorate’s other chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Chemistry

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.