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Career Information for Chemists in Texas

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Fast Facts for Chemists in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: College Station, Beaumont, and Austin
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: El Paso, Dallas, and San Antonio
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Austin, and Dallas

Salaries for Chemists in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Beaumont, Victoria, and Dallas. (See table at bottom of page)

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Texas Chemistry Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Abilene Christian UniversityAbileneDoctorate4,675
Angelo State UniversitySan AngeloMasters6,239
Austin CollegeShermanMasters1,339
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Baylor UniversityWacoDoctorate & First Professional14,174
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Central Texas CollegeKilleenAssociate21,532
Cisco CollegeCiscoAssociate3,365
Clarendon CollegeClarendonAssociate1,126
Coastal Bend CollegeBeevilleAssociate3,196
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
East Texas Baptist UniversityMarshallBachelor1,308
Frank Phillips CollegeBorgerAssociate1,356
Grayson County CollegeDenisonAssociate3,811
Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbileneDoctorate2,435
Hill CollegeHillsboroAssociate3,556
Houston Baptist UniversityHoustonMasters2,339
Howard Payne UniversityBrownwoodMasters1,386
Huston-Tillotson UniversityAustinBachelor768
Jarvis Christian CollegeHawkinsBachelor712
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar UniversityBeaumontDoctorate10,213
Lubbock Christian UniversityLubbockMasters1,960
McMurry UniversityAbileneBachelor1,462
Midland CollegeMidlandBachelor5,739
Midwestern State UniversityWichita FallsMasters6,027
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaAssociate7,560
Northwest Vista CollegeSan AntonioAssociate10,329
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
Our Lady of the Lake University-San AntonioSan AntonioDoctorate2,608
Palo Alto CollegeSan AntonioAssociate7,662
Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie ViewDoctorate8,382
Rice UniversityHoustonDoctorate5,161
Saint Edward's UniversityAustinMasters5,317
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvilleDoctorate16,496
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
Schreiner UniversityKerrvilleMasters971
South Texas CollegeMcAllenBachelor19,827
Southern Methodist UniversityDallasDoctorate & First Professional10,829
Southwestern Adventist UniversityKeeneMasters890
Southwestern UniversityGeorgetownBachelor1,294
St Marys UniversitySan AntonioDoctorate & First Professional3,920
St Philips CollegeSan AntonioAssociate9,256
Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdochesDoctorate11,607
Sul Ross State UniversityAlpineMasters2,717
Tarleton State UniversityStephenvilleDoctorate9,460
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaAssociate4,439
Texas A & M International UniversityLaredoDoctorate5,179
Texas A & M UniversityCollege StationDoctorate46,542
Texas A & M University-CommerceCommerceDoctorate8,813
Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiCorpus ChristiDoctorate8,563
Texas A & M University-KingsvilleKingsvilleDoctorate6,567
Texas Christian UniversityFort WorthMasters8,668
Texas Lutheran UniversitySeguinBachelor1,375
Texas Southern UniversityHoustonDoctorate9,540
Texas State University-San MarcosSan MarcosDoctorate28,121
Texas Tech UniversityLubbockDoctorate & First Professional28,260
Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort WorthDoctorate & First Professional3,087
Texas Woman's UniversityDentonDoctorate12,168
The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlingtonDoctorate24,889
The University of Texas at AustinAustinDoctorate50,170
The University of Texas at BrownsvilleBrownsvilleDoctorate17,215
The University of Texas at DallasRichardsonDoctorate14,556
The University of Texas at El PasoEl PasoDoctorate20,154
The University of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioDoctorate28,533
The University of Texas at TylerTylerDoctorate6,137
The University of Texas of the Permian BasinOdessaMasters3,559
The University of Texas-Pan AmericanEdinburgDoctorate17,435
Trinity UniversitySan AntonioMasters2,686
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
University of DallasIrvingDoctorate2,972
University of HoustonHoustonDoctorate & First Professional34,663
University of Houston-Clear LakeHoustonDoctorate7,522
University of Houston-DowntownHoustonMasters11,793
University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBeltonDoctorate2,651
University of North TexasDentonDoctorate34,710
University of St Thomas HoustonHoustonDoctorate & First Professional3,273
University of the Incarnate WordSan AntonioDoctorate & First Professional5,752
Wayland Baptist UniversityPlainviewMasters5,899
West Texas A & M UniversityCanyonDoctorate7,502
Western Texas CollegeSnyderAssociate1,844
Wiley CollegeMarshallBachelor926

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Chemists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. 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

TEXAS

   
College Station110$56,4702.5
Beaumont190$78,2502
Austin900$51,7401.9
Victoria40$77,0801.6
Houston1,690$72,9901
Fort Worth400$63,4500.7
San Antonio320$60,8000.6
Dallas680$76,3100.5
El Paso30$52,3400.2
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