Chemical Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

If you plan to study chemical engineering, take a look at what University of California - Los Angeles has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 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.

UCLA Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCLA Chemical Engineering Rankings

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a master’s in chem eng from UCLA in 2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Biomedical 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 University of California - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.