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Chemistry & biochem at Penn

Penn graduates about 84 chemistry & biochemistry majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 41st of 689 schools we score for chemistry & biochemistry, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 28 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 23% of the schools we've counted. Research spending in the field runs about $58 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

86/100Standout#41 of 689 for chemistry & biochemistry →
Graduates a year843% of the class
Courses in the catalog28more than 23% of schools
Research in the field$58Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1570whole school

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Where chemistry & biochemistry happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Leidy Laboratories, Anatomy Chemistry, Chemistry Building 1958 Wing, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Chemistry Laboratories 1941 Wing, Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories of the IAST, Chemistry Laboratories 1973 Wing, Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics, Goddard & Richards Laboratories, David Rittenhouse Laboratories, Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM).

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 88 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 10 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the chemistry & biochemistry ranking

  1. University of Washington 87
  2. University of California, Berkeley 87
  3. University of Virginia 87
  4. Georgia Institute of Technology 87
  5. Davidson College 86
  6. University of California, Davis 85
  7. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 85
  8. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 85

Other strong majors at Penn

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Penn with every school we score in chemistry & biochemistry. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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