Data & Reports
Bachelor's Degree Recipients
from ACS Approved Institutions 2023-24
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Comparing degrees/program to national data, 2016-2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions component.
Number of bachelor's degrees conferred
17,899 bachelor's degrees were conferred from 657 approved programs.
9,728 bachelor's degrees in chemistry
8,171 bachelor's degrees in biochemistry
27 graduates/program
35% earn certified bachelor's degrees
The graph shows the comparison of number of bachelors degrees conferred per program, ACS data vs. national data. Note that prior to 2019 ACS programs reported all degrees conferred, including biochemistry degrees. National data includes only chemistry degrees; data from 2024 currently unavailable.
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Gender distribution of bachelor's degree recipients
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Gender distribution: Bachelor's degree recipients, 2014 to 2024
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Gender distribution for bachelor's degree recipients from 2014-15 to 2023-24 academic years. Data were gathered from annual reports and are from ACS approved institutions only (n ranges from 600 to 700 approved programs per year). Data on non-binary identities have only been collected since 2019-2020 and are not included in this figure for clarity. Since the 2016-17 academic year, the data show more women earning degrees in chemistry than men, with that gap appearing to broaded in the ensuing years.
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Gender distribution: Chemistry and Biochemistry 2023-24
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The gender distribution for chemistry and biochemistry bachelor's degree recipients for the 2023-24 academic year. The gender diversity in both majors skews slightly toward those identifying as women with 56.1% women, 43.4% men, and 0.5% non-binary in chemistry and 58.6% women, 41.1% men, and 0.3% non-binary in biochemistry. (N = 657)
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Doctoral Degree Recipients from ACS Approved Programs 2023-24
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Number of doctoral degrees: Comparing ACS data to national data (2016-2024)
Number of Degrees Conferred for 2023-24
3,734 doctoral degrees were conferred from 182 programs
Approximately 21 degrees/program
National data听sources from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions component.
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Gender distribution of doctoral degree recipients
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Gender distribution for doctoral degrees conferred in 2023-24
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More men earned doctoral degrees (55%) than women (44%) in 2023-24. Note that 1% of the degrees were earned by individuals that identify as nonbinary. Data collected from ACS Approved program annual reports.
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Doctoral degree recipients from ACS Approved Programs Changes in gender distribution over the last decade.
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Over the last decade, the percentage of men earning doctoral degrees appears to be decreasing, while the percentage of women earning doctoral degrees is increasing. There is still a larger percentage of men receiving Ph.D.s in chemistry, but the gap between men and women appears to be decreasing.
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Faculty at ACS Approved Institutions
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Gender distribution of tenured and tenure track faculty at ACS Approved Institutions for 2023-24
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Total number of all faculty: 12,131
Total number of tenured or tenure track faculty: 7,847 (65%)
- Assistant professors make up 23% of all faculty
- Associate professors make up 28%,
- Full professors make up almost half at 49%
Overall, the faculty at ACS Approved institutions consist primarily of men, with the greatest difference observed for full professors.听
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Faculty Attrition since 2020-21: ACS Approved Institutions
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How many faculty/staff have chosen to leave your institution (despite being offered continuing employment) from each of the following categories since the 2020-21 academic year?听
Data collected as part of a survey attached to the 2023-24 annual report.
Includes all positions
n = 3388 from 657 institutions
Approximately 5 people per programs
For tenured/tenure track approximately 2 faculty lost per program.
Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty
39% of the programs lost zero听
54% of the programs lost between 1 and 5
4% of the programs lost between 6 and 10
3% of the programs lost more than 10
Since the 2020-21 academic year.
The largest number of faculty were lost from institutions where the highest chemistry degree offered is a bachelor's degree
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Summary of results from Annual Report survey examining faculty attrition since 2020-21
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Highest chemistry degree offered: Bachelor's
497 tenured or tenure track faculty left since 2020-21 despite being offered continued employment
131 (35%) of programs lost tenure track lines since 2020-21
Had significantly more difficulty replacing tenure track faculty as compared to Master's and Ph.D. granting institutions
Highest chemistry degree offered:
Master's
265 tenured or tenure track faculty left since 2020-21 despite being offered continued employment
40 (40%) of programs lost tenure track faculty lines since 2020-21
Highest chemistry degree offered:
Ph.D.
388 tenured or tenure track faculty left since 2020-21 despite being offered continued employment
63 (36%) of programs lost tenure track faculty lines since 2020-21
The data presented on this page are collected from ACS Approved Programs (except where noted) and are presented in aggregate as a service to the greater chemistry education community. The data are to be used for informational purposes only and are not used as part of the decision making process for ACS Approval. For more information please contact us at cpt@acs.org.
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