2024 Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts 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 84 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 complete 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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Chemistry

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

10 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Northeastern University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in chemistry. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Northeastern University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

9 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in chemistry has to check out Boston University. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Boston University

2

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

8 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a good option for students pursuing a master's degree in chemistry. UMass Lowell is a large public university located in the suburb of Lowell.More information about a master’s in chemistry from University of Massachusetts - Lowell

4

Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

9 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Brandeis University if you want to pursue a master's degree in chemistry. Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waltham.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Brandeis University

Best Chemistry Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Chemistry Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	153	77
Rhode Island	127	17
New Hampshire	108	1
Vermont	91	0
Maine	90	1

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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	82
Other Chemistry	2

Majors Similar to Chemistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physics	98
Geological & Earth Sciences	16
Astronomy & Astrophysics	14

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.