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Where do our Chemistry majors go after graduation?

Graduate Schools accepting recent graduates:

     About half of the Chemsitry majors go on to graduate school after graduating from UPJ. Here is a list of schools that have accepted recent UPJ graduates.

Carnegie Mellon University
Duquesne University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
James Madison University
Marshall University
Miami University of Ohio
Ohio State University
Penn State University
Purdue University
SUNY, Binghamton
Syracuse University
University of Akron
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Pennsylvania
University of South Carolina
University of Toledo
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Tech
Youngstown State University


Companies employing recent graduates:

     Those students who do not choose to attend graduate school have been successful in securing jobs in industry, govenrment  and the service sector.  Many of the graduates who earn advanced degrees go on to work in industry.  Companies employing recent graduates include:

AMPAC Flexibles-Director of Technical Marketing
Battelle-Pacific Nortwest National Laboratory
Dannon Dairies
DRS Laurel Technologies-Software Engineer
G&C Labs/George C. Brown Community Pool
Geosciences Analytical Laboratories, Somerset, PA
Johnson and Johnson PRD
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Neurogen Corporation
Penzoil
Pfiser Phamaceuticals
PPG Industries
Proctor & Gamble
Rohn & Hass
US Environmental Protection Agency
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Windber Research Institute


Academic Employers of Recent Gradautes

    Our graduates also choose careers in academia. Academic employers include:

Bridgewater State College
Lake Land Community College
Pennsylvalnia State University, Altoona
Tennessee State University
University of Mississippi, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of South Carolina
University of Vermont, Medical School


Medical Schools and Professional Programs include:
Lake Erie College of Osteapathic Medicine
Franklin Pierce Law Center
University of Pittsburgh Dental School
University of Pittsburgh, College of Education
Last Reviewed: March 11, 2008