Median earnings of chemistry graduates (doctoral degree) one year after graduation, at 37 colleges. National median: $98,523, rising to $116,234 after four years.
| # | College | State | Earnings after 1 yr | After 4 yrs | Median debt |
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| 1 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | $118,439 | $125,069 | — |
| 2 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | $117,537 | — | — |
| 3 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | $115,070 | $148,634 | — |
| 4 | University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | $114,583 | $156,376 | — |
| 5 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | $114,377 | $123,152 | — |
| 6 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | $112,724 | $132,569 | — |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | $111,234 | $114,619 | — |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | $110,341 | $131,278 | — |
| 9 | Stanford University | CA | $110,313 | $170,898 | — |
| 10 | University of California-Irvine | CA | $108,845 | $117,395 | — |
| 11 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | $107,736 | $115,630 | — |
| 12 | University of California-Riverside | CA | $106,653 | $118,789 | — |
| 13 | University of Akron Main Campus | OH | $106,168 | $95,209 | — |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | TN | $102,047 | — | — |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | $101,959 | $116,020 | — |
| 16 | Cornell University | NY | $100,215 | — | — |
| 17 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | $99,915 | — | — |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame | IN | $98,644 | $116,010 | — |
| 19 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | $98,523 | $137,404 | — |
| 20 | University of Delaware | DE | $97,887 | $112,400 | — |
| 21 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | $97,125 | — | — |
| 22 | Rutgers University-Newark | NJ | $97,125 | — | — |
| 23 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | $96,793 | $115,831 | — |
| 24 | Florida State University | FL | $95,945 | $94,387 | — |
| 25 | University of Iowa | IA | $94,532 | $100,644 | — |
| 26 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | $92,326 | $139,296 | — |
| 27 | University of California-San Diego | CA | $88,202 | $136,333 | — |
| 28 | Michigan State University | MI | $87,223 | $113,129 | — |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | $86,665 | $105,406 | — |
| 30 | Northwestern University | IL | $86,441 | $116,234 | — |
| 31 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | $85,317 | — | — |
| 32 | University of California-Davis | CA | $82,769 | $111,674 | — |
| 33 | University of Chicago | IL | $80,344 | — | — |
| 34 | University of Florida | FL | $76,508 | $100,761 | — |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | $76,180 | $114,312 | — |
| 36 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | $75,344 | $168,396 | — |
| 37 | University of Oregon | OR | $68,471 | $117,141 | — |
Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.
Frequently asked questions
How much do chemistry graduates earn?
The median college reports $98,523 in earnings one year after a doctoral degree in chemistry and $116,234 four years after. The highest is $118,439 at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.