Chemistry General

A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 1192 institutions across the United States, with a total of 56524 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

107

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,039

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

12,359

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

10

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

2,285

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

3,009

degrees awarded

Other Awards

37,715

awards given

Top Schools for Chemistry General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
690
2 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
651
3 University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
594
4 University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
525
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
510
6 University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
495
7 University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
486
8 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
480
9 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
450
10 New York University
New York, NY
438
11 University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA
432
12 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
429
13 Emory University
Atlanta, GA
414
14 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
411
15 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
405
16 University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
396
17 The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
390
18 Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
384
19 Florida International University
Miami, FL
384
20 Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
369
21 CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
354
22 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
336
23 Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
333
24 Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens, OH
327
25 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA
315
26 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
309
27 Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
306
28 San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
303
29 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
303
30 University of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA
300
31 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
294
32 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
294
33 Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA
288
34 Yale University
New Haven, CT
282
35 University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
279
36 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
273
37 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
270
38 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
270
39 Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
252
40 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
246
41 University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
237
42 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
237
43 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
237
44 University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
234
45 University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
234
46 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
231
47 Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
228
48 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
228
49 The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
228
50 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
228
51 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman, OK
228
52 University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
222
53 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
222
54 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
219
55 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
216
56 Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
210
57 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH
210
58 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
204
59 University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC
204
60 University of Georgia
Athens, GA
201
61 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
201
62 University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
198
63 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
198
64 Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
198
65 University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
198
66 University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
195
67 San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
192
68 Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa, CA
192
69 East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
186
70 Rice University
Houston, TX
186
71 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
186
72 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
186
73 California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
183
74 Irvine Valley College
Irvine, CA
177
75 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
177
76 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
177
77 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
174
78 University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
174
79 University of Houston
Houston, TX
171
80 Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA
168
81 University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
168
82 Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
168
83 Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ
168
84 Auburn University
Auburn, AL
168
85 Duke University
Durham, NC
168
86 University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
165
87 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
162
88 University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO
162
89 University of Delaware
Newark, DE
159
90 Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
156
91 Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
153
92 University of North Texas
Denton, TX
153
93 Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA
150
94 Northeastern University
Boston, MA
150
95 Boston University
Boston, MA
150
96 Brown University
Providence, RI
150
97 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
147
98 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
147
99 Indiana University-Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
144
100 Fullerton College
Fullerton, CA
144