Chemistry Online Masters program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Robert C. and Carolyn J. Springborn Endowment for Student Support Program

The Springborn Endowment for Student Support was created in 2006 and welcomed its first set of graduate fellows in 2007. The program, generously funded by Dr. Robert C. Springborn, was created to recruit and retain the best and brightest graduate students in the field of Chemistry. Since the program inception, 20 students have received the graduate fellowship.

Students who and are accepted to the Chemistry graduate program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign are automatically included in the pool of students under consideration to receive a Springborn Fellowship.

Applicants must first be accepted to the Graduate Program for PhD students.

Applicants not selected for Springborn Fellowships may be eligible for other fellowships.

All applications, including for those interested in the Springborn Fellowship, must be submitted by the deadline advertised on the Chemistry Graduate Admissions page.

Jobs, Salaries and Career after Masters in Chemistry

Employment of natural sciences managers is projected to grow 6 percent from 2020 to 2030, about as fast as the average for all occupations. About 6,000 openings for natural sciences managers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

The median annual wage for natural sciences managers was $137,940 in May 2020. Number of Jobs in 2020 was 79,000.