by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Chemistry is the 51st most popular major in the country with 21,239 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,656 and had an average of $22,680 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 3,288 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,907 and $23,656 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,175 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 193 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemistry. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in chemistry.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kalamazoo College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. K College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 193 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ripon College landed the #2 spot on the list. Ripon College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ripon, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 193 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Monmouth College landed the #3 spot on the list. Monmouth College is a small school located in Monmouth, Illinois that handed out 12 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alma College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region. Alma is a private not-for-profit institution located in Alma, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Beloit College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Beloit, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Northland College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Ashland, Wisconsin, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Hope College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Hope is a private not-for-profit institution located in Holland, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, The College of Wooster did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Wooster College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wooster, Ohio. It awarded 15 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Hanover College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. Hanover is a small school located in Hanover, Indiana that handed out 8 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Franklin College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Franklin College of Indiana is a small school located in Franklin, Indiana that handed out 6 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #11, Lawrence University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Appleton, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
John Carroll University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. John Carroll is a private not-for-profit institution located in University Heights, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Greenville University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Greenville University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, Illinois. It awarded 7 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Lake Superior State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #14. Lake Superior State University is a small school located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan that handed out 11 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Wabash College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Wabash is a private not-for-profit institution located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Blackburn College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Blackburn is a small school located in Carlinville, Illinois that handed out 2 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Carthage College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #18, Valparaiso University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Valparaiso, Indiana. It awarded 20 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
Butler University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, Marietta College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Marietta College is located in Marietta, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #21, Lake Forest College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Lake Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Oberlin College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Oberlin, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
University of Rio Grande did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #23. University of Rio Grande is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rio Grande, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Knox College landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Galesburg, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Millikin University ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Millikin University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Decatur, Illinois. It awarded 8 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Not only did these schools make the top 29 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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