Chemistry at University of St Thomas

Chemistry degrees in Minnesota cluster around $45,000 in first-year earnings, and similar programs at comparable private institutions suggest St. Thomas graduates likely land in this range—close to what you'd see at Hamline or the University of Minnesota. At roughly $26,000 in estimated debt, the numbers suggest you'd owe about seven months of your first year's salary, which sits comfortably below the traditional one-year-salary threshold that signals manageable debt.

The challenge here is visibility. With too few graduates to generate public outcomes data, you're making this decision based on what's happening at peer schools rather than a track record specific to St. Thomas chemistry majors. That said, the institution enrolls academically solid students (SAT averaging 1296) and Chemistry tends to produce relatively consistent outcomes across schools—it's not a field where institutional prestige dramatically reshapes earning potential the way it might in business or communications.

For a parent evaluating this investment, the estimated debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.56 suggests reasonable financial footing, assuming your student follows a typical chemistry career path (lab work, quality control, research positions). But recognize you're betting on St. Thomas delivering outcomes similar to its Minnesota peers without hard proof it does so. If your student is considering graduate school—common for chemistry majors—factor in additional years of debt before full earning potential kicks in.