Statistics

Students graduating from Macalester’s Chemistry Department since 1998 have gone on to a wide variety of pursuits:

Percentage	Outcome
44%	Have gone on to graduate school in chemistry (including bio-, physical, organic, analytical, and geochemistry).
11%	Have gone on to further education in engineering (including chemical, civil, and nuclear engineering, as well as materials science)
15%	Have gone on to medical school or MD/PhD programs
11%	Have gone on to work in industry (including Pace Analytical, Microsoft, Northwestern Hospital, and Medtronic)
6%	Have gone on to graduate school in another science (including forensic science, microbiology, viticulture, molecular biology, and biophysics)
6%	Have gone on to work in public health (including epidemiology, nursing, and women’s health)
6%	Have gone into non-college teaching (mostly at the high school level)
1%	Have gone on to non-science graduate education (Environmental Policy)