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2023 Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

11 Colleges
$75,252 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Master'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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for chem eng majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Washington University in St Louis to be the best school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Minnesota - Duluth ranked #6 on this year’s Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa ranked #8 on this year’s Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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#9

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. KU is a very large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

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#10

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

With a ranking of #10, University of North Dakota did quite well on this year’s best schools for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 65
Minnesota 32
Iowa 18
Kansas 11
Nebraska 2
North Dakota 5
South Dakota 11

One of 39 majors within the area of study, chemical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 11 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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