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2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

16 Colleges
$112,828 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, chemical engineering was ranked #76 in the country. In fact 2,662 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the chem eng doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the Great Lakes Region for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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With a ranking of #7, Michigan Technological University did quite well on this year’s best schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Case Western Reserve University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 97
Illinois 138
Ohio 146
Indiana 81
Wisconsin 23

Chemical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Chem Eng

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 16 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova.

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