If you plan on majoring in other chemistry, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #504 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Chemistry Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 308 degrees in other chemistry annually.
The other chemistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Chemistry rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for other chemistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The other chemistry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Chemistry Schools in California.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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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 other chemistry degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat University of California - Santa Barbara if you wish to pursue a degree in other chemistry. UCSB is a very large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara. A Best Colleges rank of #47 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 other chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in other chemistry needs to check out University of California - San Diego. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were roughly 261 other chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of California - Davis if you wish to pursue a degree in other chemistry. UC Davis is a very large public university located in the suburb of Davis. This university ranks 10th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 22 other chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.
University of California - Merced is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in other chemistry. Located in the suburb of Merced, UC Merced is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 51st out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 10 other chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UC Merced in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The other chemistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Chemistry rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for other chemistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
