Careers

Job Outlook

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook:

• Job growth for chemists will be strongest in pharmaceutical and biotechnology research, including genetics.
• Employment of materials scientists is expected to grow as manufacturers of diverse products seek to improve quality with new materials and processes.
  
• Chemical manufacturing industries are expected to employ fewer chemists as companies divest their R&D operations, but R&D service firms will experience healthy growth.
• Graduates with a master's degree or a Ph.D. will enjoy better opportunities, especially at larger pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms.
  

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, beginning salary offers in July 2007 for graduates with bachelor's degrees in chemistry averaged $41.506 a year. Median annual earnings of chemists in 2006 were $59,870.

Possible career paths

This list includes careers requiring differing degrees of education and training.

• Analytical Chemist
• Crime Lab Analyst
• Chemistry Professor
• Development Chemist
• Physician
• Polymer Chemist
• Environmental Chemist
• Biochemist
• Attorney
• Research Chemist
• Pharmacist
• Science Librarian
• Chemical Technician
• Genetic Counselor
• Chemical Engineer
• Veterinarian

Carthage chemistry students have gone on to become quality assurance analysts, technical analysts, chemists, science teachers, and research and development chemists; and pursued graduate studies in chemistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, and chiropractic.

Companies employing Carthage graduates include Abbott Laboratories, Accenture, ATO Findley Inc., West De Pere High School, Ellsworth Adhesive Systems, Lauder International, and S.C. Johnson.

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"The professors and students interact a lot, and there is a sense of community within the department."

— Kenion Blakeman, '10, Racine, Wis.

Hear what students have to say about studying chemistry at Carthage.

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