Chemical Engineering at Stanford University

What traits are you looking for in a chem eng school? To help you decide if Stanford University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's chem eng program.

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and has a total student population of 15,953. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received their master's degree in chem eng.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Chemical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Stanford Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Chem Eng
• Doctorate Degree in Chem Eng

Online Classes Are Available at Stanford

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Stanford offers distance education options for chem eng at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Chemical Engineering Rankings

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Stanford

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at Stanford University.

Stanford Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a master's degree in chem eng from Stanford. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 62% were men.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Stanford University with a master's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

Careers That Chem Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in chem eng can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Chemical Engineers	2,100	$103,590

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.