2025 Best Chemistry Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in chemistry, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #36 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for chemistry students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 114 bachelor's degrees in chemistry during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor'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 - How many other chemistry students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Chemistry in Mississippi

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for chemistry students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Chemistry

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

33 Annual Graduates

$35,132 Median Starting Salary

University of Mississippi is a great option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in chemistry. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the town of University.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the chemistry program state that they receive average early career income of $35,132.

More information about a bachelor’s in chemistry from University of Mississippi

2

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

11 Annual Graduates

Mississippi State University is a great option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in chemistry. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in chemistry from Mississippi State University

Best Chemistry Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	590
Georgia	224	521
Tennessee	220	291
North Carolina	213	703
Virginia	213	589
South Carolina	195	198
Kentucky	187	236
Alabama	184	271
Louisiana	171	186
Arkansas	167	195
West Virginia	147	112

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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	97
Forensic Chemistry	14
Other Chemistry	2
Chemical Physics	1

Majors Similar to Chemistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Geological & Earth Sciences	89
Physics	18
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	9

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.