2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
Chemical Engineering is the #76 most popular major in the country with 2,662 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 109 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 15% Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.
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Out of the 109 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 5 spot on the list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
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Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for chemical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Princeton University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
With a ranking of #9, Cornell University did quite well on this year’s best schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
With a ranking of #10, Vanderbilt University did quite well on this year’s best schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for chemical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #14 on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
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Virginia Tech did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for chemical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 17 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA |
| 18 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC |
| 19 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL |
| 20 | Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA |
| 21 | Auburn University | Auburn, AL |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Chem Eng
Chemical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 11,021 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 9,007 |
| Civil Engineering | 6,042 |
| Computer Engineering | 5,557 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 4,252 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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