Chemistry is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #51 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for chemistry students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 566 degrees in chemistry annually.
The chemistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Chemistry rankings. We derive our Best Overall Chemistry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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 Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the chemistry degree levels they offer.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemistry. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 122 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year. Chemistry degree recipients from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor get an earnings boost of around $50,113 above the average earnings of chemistry majors.
It's difficult to beat Michigan State University if you wish to pursue a degree in chemistry. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 75 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year. After graduating, chemistry degree recipients typically make about $45,381 in their early careers.
Every student pursuing a degree in chemistry needs to look into Hope College. Hope is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Holland. This college ranks 16th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 23 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Hope in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the chemistry program make an average of $21,199 in their early career salary.
It's hard to beat Wayne State University if you wish to pursue a degree in chemistry. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #433 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Wayne State is a great university overall.
There were about 81 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the chemistry program make about $35,813 in the first couple years of working.
K College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Kalamazoo. This college ranks 30th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 32 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at K College in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the chemistry program earn an average of $39,940 in the first couple years of working.
GVSU is a very large public university located in the fringe town of Allendale. A Best Colleges rank of #342 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GVSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the chemistry program make an average of $46,496 in the first couple years of working.
Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Marquette. This university ranks 35th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 15 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Northern Michigan University in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 24 chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the chemistry program make an average of $45,060 in the first couple years of their career.
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 chemistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Chemistry rankings. We derive our Best Overall Chemistry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
