Friday, March 11, 2005

March 11, 2005

Wilmington, N.C. – According to annual rankings, the University of North Carolina Wilmington is ranked in the top 25 in the nation for the production of American Chemical Society-certified bachelor’s of science chemistry graduates. This puts UNCW’s ranking in the top four percent of 664 accredited programs in the U.S. for the production of the ACS-certified chemistry graduates.

In the rankings, published in Chemistry and Engineering News, UNCW tied with Brigham Young University and University of Texas at El Paso. Carnegie Melon University and University of California-Davis narrowly beat UNCW’s showing.

Within North Carolina, UNCW is tied with University of North Carolina Charlotte in the production of master’s of science graduates in chemistry. In the realm of undergraduate degrees, UNCW is the third largest producer of chemistry graduates in North Carolina, after University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University.

The numbers compiled by ACS were from the 2002-03 academic year.

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