Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Purdue University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry school? To help you decide if Purdue University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry program.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Doctorate Degree in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Purdue Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Rankings

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There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a master's degree in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Purdue in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design
• Pharmacy

Careers That Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Pharmacists	5,600	$117,260

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.