2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry in Tennessee

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Tennessee, there were 369 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,176 and $20,415 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,511 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in chemistry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their chemistry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree chemistry students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry in Tennessee

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

#1 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 doctorate’s degrees 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. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

#3 overall quality in Tennessee

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s chemistry students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

#11 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in Tennessee list. University of Memphis is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Chemistry at University of Memphis

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.