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Doctoral · Physical Sciences

Chemistry (Doctoral): earnings by school

49 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$98,523
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$116,122
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
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NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 38 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $109,414 and $125,373. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Stanford University CA$110,313$170,898—
University of California-Berkeley CA$75,344$168,396—
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$115,070$148,634—
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$92,326$139,296—
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA$98,523$137,404—
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA—$137,217—
University of California-San Diego CA$88,202$136,333—
University of California-Los Angeles CA$112,724$132,569—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$110,341$131,278—
Yale University CT—$125,373—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$118,439$125,069—
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC—$123,298—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$114,377$123,152—
California Institute of Technology CA—$119,626—
Johns Hopkins University MD—$119,378—
University of California-Riverside CA$106,653$118,789—
The University of Texas at Austin TX$117,537——
University of California-Irvine CA$108,845$117,395—
University of Oregon OR$68,471$117,141—
Northwestern University IL$86,441$116,234—
University of Notre Dame IN$98,644$116,010—
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$96,793$115,831—
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$107,736$115,630—
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC$111,234$114,619—
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$114,583——
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$76,180$114,312—
Michigan State University MI$87,223$113,129—
University of Delaware DE$97,887$112,400—
University of California-Davis CA$82,769$111,674—
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC—$110,812—
University at Buffalo NY—$109,414—
University of Georgia GA—$109,307—
University of Colorado Boulder CO—$107,618—
University of Akron Main Campus OH$106,168——
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$86,665$105,406—
Vanderbilt University TN$102,047——
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$101,959——
University of Florida FL$76,508$100,761—
University of Iowa IA$94,532$100,644—
Cornell University NY$100,215——
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$99,915——
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA—$99,566—
Florida International University FL—$99,213—
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$97,125——
Rutgers University-Newark NJ$97,125——
Florida State University FL$95,945$94,387—
Syracuse University NY—$91,446—
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$85,317——
University of Chicago IL$80,344——