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Illinois Chemists: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Chemists in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Chemists in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Decatur, Rockford, and Springfield
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Chicago, Champaign, and Peoria
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Rockford, and Peoria

Salaries for Chemists in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Peoria, Chicago, and Rockford. (See table at bottom of page)

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Illinois Chemistry Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Augustana CollegeRock IslandBachelor2,537
Blackburn CollegeCarlinvilleBachelor617
Bradley UniversityPeoriaDoctorate6,053
Chicago State UniversityChicagoDoctorate & First Professional6,810
Concordia University River ForestRiver ForestDoctorate4,126
DePaul UniversityChicagoDoctorate & First Professional23,401
Dominican UniversityRiver ForestMasters3,338
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharlestonMasters12,179
Elmhurst CollegeElmhurstMasters3,184
Eureka CollegeEurekaBachelor672
Governors State UniversityUniversity ParkDoctorate5,692
Greenville CollegeGreenvilleMasters1,528
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicagoDoctorate & First Professional7,277
Illinois State UniversityNormalDoctorate20,274
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomingtonBachelor2,094
Judson UniversityElginMasters1,236
Knox CollegeGalesburgBachelor1,371
Lake Forest CollegeLake ForestMasters1,456
Lewis UniversityRomeovilleDoctorate5,347
Loyola University ChicagoChicagoDoctorate & First Professional15,545
MacMurray CollegeJacksonvilleBachelor648
McKendree UniversityLebanonMasters3,312
Millikin UniversityDecaturMasters2,376
Monmouth CollegeMonmouthBachelor1,343
North Central CollegeNapervilleMasters2,559
North Park UniversityChicagoDoctorate & First Professional3,200
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicagoMasters12,814
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalbDoctorate & First Professional25,254
Northwestern UniversityEvanstonDoctorate & First Professional19,005
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnaisDoctorate4,636
Quincy UniversityQuincyMasters1,323
Rockford CollegeRockfordMasters1,566
Roosevelt UniversityChicagoDoctorate7,163
Saint Xavier UniversityChicagoMasters5,675
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondaleDoctorate & First Professional20,983
Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsvilleMasters & First Professional13,398
Trinity Christian CollegePalos HeightsBachelor1,367
Trinity International University DeerfieldDeerfieldDoctorate & First Professional2,783
University of ChicagoChicagoDoctorate & First Professional14,538
University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoDoctorate & First Professional25,747
University of Illinois at SpringfieldSpringfieldDoctorate4,855
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChampaignDoctorate & First Professional42,326
Western Illinois UniversityMacombDoctorate13,331
Wheaton College WheatonWheatonDoctorate2,895

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Chemists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Chemists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Chemists relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)		Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Decatur40$63,4401.6
Rockford120$65,2201.3
Springfield60$51,8201
Peoria100$87,4001
Champaign40$60,8900.7
Chicago1,630$70,0000.7
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