Chemistry

Ranked in 2010 | Chemistry Rankings Methodology

With a graduate degree in chemistry, scientists may find jobs in laboratories, government agencies, research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, colleges and universities, and more. These are the best chemistry schools.

Rank School name Score
#49 Stony Brook University–​SUNY

Stony Brook, NY

3.2
#49 University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

3.2
#49 Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

3.2
#45 Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

3.3
#45 Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

3.3
#45 Duke University

Durham, NC

3.3
#45 University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

3.3
#38 Emory University

Atlanta, GA

3.4
#38 Iowa State University

Ames, IA

3.4
#38 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

3.4
#38 University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

3.4
#38 University of California–​Davis

Davis, CA

3.4
#38 University of Maryland–​College Park

College Park, MD

3.4
#38 University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

3.4
#36 University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

3.5
#36 University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

3.5
#33 Rice University

Houston, TX

3.6
#33 University of California–​Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

3.6
#33 Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

3.6
#32 University of California–​San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

3.7
#26 Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

3.8
#26 Indiana University–​Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

3.8
#26 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

3.8
#26 University of California–​Irvine

Irvine, CA

3.8
#26 University of Colorado–​Boulder

Boulder, CO

3.8

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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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