2021 Best Chemistry Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania
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620Bachelor's Degrees
$33,738Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 620 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, chemistry is the #36 most popular major in Pennsylvania. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 4.4% of all the chemistry bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Chemistry Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemistry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemistry program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania
Check out the chemistry programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus tops the 2021 list of our schools in Pennsylvania that are best for non-traditional chemistry students. Penn State University Park is a very large public school located in the city of University Park. Penn State University Park not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Chemistry in Pennsylvania list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.0%. All of Penn State University Park students are attending part time.
Temple University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Temple has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in Pennsylvania ranking.
The student loan default rate at Temple is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 20,264 students at Temple that take at least one class online. About 4,634 of the students at Temple are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Pitt has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in Pennsylvania ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 5,643 students at Pitt that take at least one class online. 6,672 students are part time.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Millersville, Millersville is a public college with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Millersville, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in Pennsylvania ranking.
About 1.4% of Millersville students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,500 students take at least one class online at Millersville. About 2,073 of the students at Millersville are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Chemistry
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
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 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).
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With 620 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, chemistry is the #36 most popular major in Pennsylvania. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 4.4% of all the chemistry bachelor's degrees in the country.
