2025 Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Oregon

Chemistry is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #11 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 31 doctor's degrees in chemistry to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on chemistry students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of chemistry students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt chemistry students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized chemistry related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for chemistry students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Chemistry Schools

The 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 Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Oregon.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chemistry in Oregon

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in chemistry.

Top Oregon Schools for a Doctorate in Chemistry

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

12 Annual Graduates

Oregon State University is a great choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in chemistry. Oregon State is a very large public university located in the city of Corvallis.More information about a doctorate in chemistry from Oregon State University

2

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

16 Annual Graduates

$70,315 Median Starting Salary

University of Oregon is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in chemistry. UO is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Eugene.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the chemistry program earn an average of $70,315 in their early career salary.

More information about a doctorate in chemistry from University of Oregon

Best Chemistry Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Chemistry Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	180	359
Washington	122	50
Nevada	84	6
Hawaii	53	2
Alaska	19	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Chemistry

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Chemistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Chemistry Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Chemistry	31

Most Popular Majors Related to Chemistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physics	25
Geological & Earth Sciences	15
Materials Sciences	5

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.