2024 Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 28 master's degrees in chemistry to qualified students.

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 Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Kentucky Schools for a Master's in Chemistry

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

12 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in chemistry has to take a look at University of Kentucky. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in chemistry from University of Kentucky

2

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

7 Annual Graduates

Western Kentucky University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in chemistry. WKU is a large public university located in the small city of Bowling Green.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Western Kentucky University

Best Chemistry Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	85
Georgia	190	45
Virginia	182	40
North Carolina	178	95
Tennessee	166	47
Alabama	151	25
Louisiana	147	14
South Carolina	146	12
Mississippi	145	15
Arkansas	121	11
West Virginia	112	2

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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	23
Forensic Chemistry	5

Majors Similar to Chemistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physics and Astronomy	9
Physics	8
Geological & Earth Sciences	7

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.