What Can You Do with an Undergraduate Major in Chemistry?
Education
- You can teach chemistry. In many states where chemistry is a critical need areas you can teach at the high school level while you work toward certification.
Graduate School Programs That Go Well with a Chemistry Degree
- Chemical Engineering
- Dental School
- Graduate school in chemistry or biochemistry or biology
- Medical School
- Medically related research degrees
- Pharmacy school
- Veterinary school
Industry or Government
- Adhesive
- Advisory work
- Analytical instrumentation
- Archaeology
- Astronomy
- Atomic energy
- Automotive industry
- Biotechnology
- Ceramics
- Chemical manufacturing
- Clinical testing
- Cosmetics
- Detergents and soaps
- Dyes
- Ecologist
- Electronics
- Environmental remediation
- Fisheries
- Food, nutrition, agriculture
- Forensics
- Forestry
- Fuels and fuel alternatives
- Glass
- Ground water studies and monitoring
- Heavy machinery
- Mining
- Natural products
- Packaging
- Paint
- Pesticide residue analysis and standards
- Petroleum
- Pharmaceuticals
- Polymers (fibers, plastics, composites, etc.)
- Printing and inks
- Road surfacing projects
- Sewage treatment
- Soil Science
- Sporting goods materials and testing
- Steel
- Technical librarian
- Technical sales
- Water purity and treatment