by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Chemistry is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 19,817 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,821 general chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,760 general chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 296 colleges that offer a degree in general chemistry. That schools that top this list have a program in general chemistry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemistry students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kentucky Wesleyan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit institution located in Owensboro, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhodes College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region. Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
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 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Xavier University of Louisiana. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region. Xavier University of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Chemistry at Xavier University of Louisiana
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tougaloo College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethany College West Virginia. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Bethany, West Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Dillard University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 ranking of #7, Randolph - Macon College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Ashland, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Erskine College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Due West, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Wofford College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Wofford College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It awarded 11 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 #10, Shepherd University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Shepherd University is a small public school situated in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. It awarded 11 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Salem College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Hendrix College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Hendrix is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Conway, Arkansas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Rust College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Rust College is located in Holly Springs, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Fisk University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Fisk is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 1 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Davidson College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Davidson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Davidson, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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.
With a ranking of #16, Lyon College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Batesville, Arkansas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
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 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Berea College ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Berea, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #18, Randolph College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Randolph College is a small school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 3 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, Johnson C Smith University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Newberry College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Newberry, South Carolina, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Transylvania University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Transylvania University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 12 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Centre College ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region list. Centre College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Danville, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Chemistry at Centre College of Kentucky
Alcorn State University landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Alcorn State is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s chemistry degrees to qualified students.
Auburn University at Montgomery did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. Montgomery, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Full Auburn University at Montgomery General Chemistry Report
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Chemistry Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. UAPB is a small public school situated in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Chemistry at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Not only did these schools make the top 45 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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