What and where have SCU Chemistry graduates ended up in the past?
Santa Clara is one of 595 schools that offer a chemistry degree program certified by the American Chemical Society. During the past 10 years, 30 percent of Santa Clara’s 74 graduates have chosen to earn this certified degree. About one-third of these graduates have elected to pursue master’s or doctoral degrees in chemistry. In addition, half have taken chemistry-related jobs at the bachelor’s level, and one-fifth have undertaken professional study in medicine or dentistry. In smaller numbers, Santa Clara graduates have entered the fields of pharmacy, law, chemical engineering, mathematics, physics, environmental science, and business. Over the years, Santa Clara graduates have been accepted for advanced study at more than 70 graduate and professional institutions throughout the country. In the last 10 years, 43 percent of Santa Clara chemistry graduates have been women.
