Salary Outcomes
Salary surveys represent actual job offers made to students who are seeking career and internship positions. The data is collected directly from students in the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2025-2026 Salary Data
| B.S. Degree Graduates | ||
|---|---|---|
| High $/yr | Low $/yr | Average $/yr |
| Chemistry & CS+Chemistry (includes teaching positions) | ||
| $110,000 | $40,000 | $74,454 |
| Chemical Engineering | ||
| $112,000 | $56,160 | $84,181 |
| M.S./Ph.D. Graduates (Government & industry) | ||
|---|---|---|
| High $/yr | Low $/yr | Average $/yr |
| Chemistry | ||
| $147,000 | $81,000 | $112,400 |
| Chemical Engineering | ||
| $150,000 | $80,000 | $121,615 |
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Graduate Destinations
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Alumni Spotlights
The alumni spotlight page features personal and professional profiles of recent chemistry and ChBE graduates. See what our recent graduates are doing, including day-in-the-life insights, how their degree has shaped their professional lives, and career exploration tips and resources.
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Alumni Videos
Chemistry alumnus Dan Heller (PhD, ’10) is the head of the Cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Heller focuses on disruptive technologies to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and allied diseases.
“What we’re doing in our lab I hope can play a part in all the really fast-paced innovation that’s happening in cancer research,” said Heller.