Chemistry is the core science — the central discipline linking physics, biology, math, and geology. Chemists are employed in every industrial or technological area imaginable, so with a degree in chemistry, students can go just about anywhere and do just about anything. Wooster provides its majors with a broad foundation so that they can pursue their interests in all phases of chemistry and related fields.

Approximately 40 to 50 percent of Wooster’s chemistry graduates continue their education in graduate school. Recent graduates not entering graduate school have taken positions at a variety of well-known chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Others find careers in non-laboratory activities of science-based industry, such as information retrieval, personnel, sales, market research, and technical writing.