2025 Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

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 reviewed 2 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of chemistry. Combined, these schools handed out 55 doctor's degrees in chemistry to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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

More Ways to Rank Chemistry Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chemistry in Missouri

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

Top Missouri Schools for a Doctorate in Chemistry

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

20 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Washington University in St Louis if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in chemistry. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in chemistry from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

16 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in chemistry has to take a look at University of Missouri - Columbia. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a doctorate in chemistry from University of Missouri - Columbia

Best Chemistry Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Chemistry Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	120	35
Iowa	110	36
Kansas	97	24
Nebraska	70	9
North Dakota	68	7
South Dakota	45	8

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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	55

Most Popular Majors Related to Chemistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physics	22
Geological & Earth Sciences	15
Materials Sciences	4

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.