2024 Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Washington

If you plan on getting your master's degree in chemistry, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #66 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of chemistry. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 master's degrees in chemistry during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Chemistry School for Your Master's Degree

The chemistry master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to chemistry students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other chemistry students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt chemistry students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized chemistry related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for chemistry students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Washington list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Chemistry in Washington

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in chemistry.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in Chemistry

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

15 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in chemistry needs to check out University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a master’s in chemistry from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

15 Annual Graduates

Western Washington University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in chemistry. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Western Washington University

3

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

4 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Washington State University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in chemistry. Wazzu is a very large public university located in the distant town of Pullman.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Washington State University

Best Chemistry Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Chemistry Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	248
Oregon	158	65
Nevada	105	2
Hawaii	85	2
Alaska	52	3

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Chemistry Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Chemistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Chemistry Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Chemistry	36

Majors Similar to Chemistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Geological & Earth Sciences	40
Physics	40
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	14
Astronomy & Astrophysics	3

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.