In the chemistry department, you'll learn how to communicate chemical concepts and problem-solve using critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills. With a degree in chemistry, you're ready to take on different careers in the chemical industry or keep going to graduate or professional school.
Become an industrial chemist
As a new graduate, you could begin your career in an industrial position, quality control or supervised research. Quality control is about making sure that a quality product is being made. That requires you to analyze starting materials, intermediate steps in the production process and the final product.
| Quality Control Chemist | Research |
Become a medical professional
Healthcare is the largest industry in the U.S. and still growing. As a chemistry major, your career would focus on the cure and prevention of disease. You can go on to graduate or professional school to be a dentist, pharmacist, doctor and more.
| Dentist | Pharmacist |
Become a manufacturing chemist
Become a government chemist
The federal, state, and local governments employ many chemists and biochemists. This includes positions as forensic scientists specializing in drugs, toxicology, forensic biology, trace, firearms, and explosives. Chemists can also be employed at the federal, state, and local levels, specializing in environmental chemistry.
| Forensic Scientist | Environmental Chemist |