2025 Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Michigan

If you plan on getting your master's degree in chemistry, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #66 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 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 104 master's degrees in chemistry to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 master'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 easy is it for chemistry to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• 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 colleges for chemistry students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Chemistry Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chemistry Master's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Chemistry in Michigan

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

Top Michigan Schools for a Master's in Chemistry

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

56 Annual Graduates

$60,750 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a master's degree in chemistry. U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

Students who graduate with their master's from the chemistry program state that they receive average early career wages of $60,750.

More information about a master’s in chemistry from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

12 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in chemistry has to check out Wayne State University. Wayne State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Detroit.More information about a master’s in chemistry from Wayne State University

Best Chemistry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	149
Ohio	207	172
Indiana	191	23
Wisconsin	173	37

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Rankings in Majors Related to Chemistry

Chemistry is one of 8 different types of Physical Sciences programs to choose from.

Chemistry Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Chemistry	95
Polymer Chemistry	9

Majors Similar to Chemistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physics	53
Geological & Earth Sciences	32
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	12
Astronomy & Astrophysics	5
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.