2024 Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for chemistry students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 104 master's degrees in chemistry during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Chemistry

1

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

8 Annual Graduates

Temple University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a master's degree in chemistry. Temple is a very large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Temple University

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

3 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in chemistry. Pitt is a very large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a master’s in chemistry from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

2

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

9 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Drexel University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in chemistry. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Drexel University

Best Chemistry Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Chemistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	191
Maryland	193	38
New Jersey	188	71
District of Columbia	154	29
Delaware	109	7

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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	96
Forensic Chemistry	6
Other Chemistry	2

Majors Similar to Chemistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physics	106
Geological & Earth Sciences	40
Materials Sciences	38
Astronomy & Astrophysics	13
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	6

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.