2025 Best General Chemistry Schools in the Southeast Region
66Colleges in the Southeast Region
4,821Chemistry Degrees Awarded
Ranked #43 in popularity, general chemistry is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 66 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for general chemistry students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 4,821 degrees in general chemistry to qualified students.
Your choice of general chemistry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general chemistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for General Chemistry in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the chemistry degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is difficult to beat Duke University if you wish to pursue a degree in general chemistry. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were approximately 65 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general chemistry has to check out University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 185 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general chemistry has to take a look at University of Virginia - Main Campus. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #35 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 136 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Florida if you wish to pursue a degree in general chemistry. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 224 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 108 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
NC State is a very large public university located in the large city of Raleigh. This university ranks 4th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 65 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.
Located in the small suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #103 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means William & Mary is a great school overall.
There were approximately 57 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at William & Mary in the most recent data year.
UofSC is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #99 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 51 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year.
Clemson is a very large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Clemson. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 66 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 68 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 65 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
Auburn is a very large public university located in the small city of Auburn. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 39 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Winston-Salem. A Best Colleges rank of #76 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Wake Forest University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 general chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Chemistry Schools in the Southeast Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of general chemistry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general chemistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
