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Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools

There are 214 colleges that offer a degree in Chemical Engineering. The most popular schools, by student demand, are below:

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

With all the Chemical Engineering programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you’re no longer limited to schools in your local area.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 214 schools in the United States offering Chemical Engineering programs. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school’s program.

Check out the Chemical Engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

The most popular school in the United States for Chemical Engineering students is Texas A&M University-College Station. Located in College Station, TX, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 261 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $54,018. Full Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University-College Station Report

North Carolina State University at Raleigh landed the #2 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Raleigh, NC, this is a public institution. This school awarded 243 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $50,866. Read More…

Ohio State University-Main Campus comes in at #3 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. Ohio State University-Main Campus is a public school located in Columbus, OH. This school awarded 217 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $49,087. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Ohio State University-Main Campus

#4

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University-Main Campus landed the #4 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Purdue University-Main Campus is a public school located in West Lafayette, IN. This school awarded 204 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $61,124. Read More…

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus comes in at #5 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus is a public school located in Atlanta, GA. During the most recent year for which we have data, 191 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $87,556. Read More…

University of California-Berkeley comes in at #6 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. University of California-Berkeley is a public school located in Berkeley, CA. This school awarded 179 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $57,445. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of California-Berkeley

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign comes in at #7 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. Located in Champaign, IL, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 177 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $53,513. Read More…

The University of Texas at Austin landed the #8 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. The University of Texas at Austin is a public school located in Austin, TX. During the most recent year for which we have data, 174 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $51,060. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus landed the #9 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in University Park, PA, this is a public institution. This school awarded 165 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $54,468. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

#10

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #10 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Gainesville, FL, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 158 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $48,898. Full Chemical Engineering at University of Florida Report

Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #11 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in New York, NY, this is a private nonprofit institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 157 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $75,228. Full Chemical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

Arizona State University Campus Immersion landed the #12 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Tempe, AZ, this is a public institution. This school awarded 151 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $48,210. Read More…

Colorado School of Mines comes in at #13 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. Colorado School of Mines is a public school located in Golden, CO. This school awarded 150 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $76,390. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

#14

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University landed the #14 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Johns Hopkins University is a private nonprofit school located in Baltimore, MD. This school awarded 148 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $89,069. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities comes in at #15 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is a public school located in Minneapolis, MN. This school awarded 145 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $47,373. Full Chemical Engineering at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Report

#16

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

The University of Alabama comes in at #16 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. Located in Tuscaloosa, AL, this is a public institution. This school awarded 140 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $47,722. Read More…

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor comes in at #17 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor is a public school located in Ann Arbor, MI. During the most recent year for which we have data, 135 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $64,597. Full Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Report

University of Wisconsin-Madison landed the #18 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Madison, WI, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 134 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $53,379. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison

#19

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

University of Delaware comes in at #19 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. University of Delaware is a public school located in Newark, DE. During the most recent year for which we have data, 128 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $51,892. Read More…

#20

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

Northeastern University landed the #20 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Boston, MA, this is a private nonprofit institution. This school awarded 124 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $74,155. Full Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University Report

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus landed the #21 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Cincinnati, OH, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 119 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $53,819. Read More…

University of California-San Diego comes in at #22 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. Located in La Jolla, CA, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 114 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $44,612. Read More…

Massachusetts Institute of Technology comes in at #23 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit school located in Cambridge, MA. During the most recent year for which we have data, 110 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $109,923. Full Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #24 spot in our Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Rolla, MO, this is a public institution. This school awarded 108 degrees in Chemical Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $75,542. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#25

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University comes in at #25 on our list of the most popular colleges for Chemical Engineering majors. Located in Pittsburgh, PA, this is a private nonprofit institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 105 people earned their degree in Chemical Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $88,268. Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

#27

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
#28

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
#30

University of Houston

Houston, TX
#31

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY
#34

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
#35

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ
#39

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
#41

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN
#42

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX
#48

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
#50

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for this major that just missed the list above.

Rank College Location
51 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
52 University of California-Davis Davis, CA
53 University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA
54 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
55 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO
56 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA
57 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
58 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
59 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
60 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
61 University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
62 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
63 Montana State University Bozeman, MT
64 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
65 University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA
66 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA
67 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
68 New York University New York, NY
69 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
70 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
71 Rice University Houston, TX
72 Stanford University Stanford, CA
73 University of South Florida Tampa, FL
74 University of Toledo Toledo, OH
75 Villanova University Villanova, PA
76 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL
77 Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO
78 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC
79 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
80 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
81 California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA
82 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD
83 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA
84 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS
85 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK
86 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
87 University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN
88 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO
89 Washington State University Pullman, WA
90 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
91 Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN
92 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA
93 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
94 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
95 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
96 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD
97 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND
98 Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH
99 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
100 Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH
101 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
102 University of Maine Orono, ME
103 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK
104 University of Dayton Dayton, OH
105 University of Rochester Rochester, NY
106 Yale University New Haven, CT
107 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
108 University of Louisville Louisville, KY
109 Lamar University Beaumont, TX
110 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN
111 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
112 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
113 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL
114 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
115 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD
116 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
117 CUNY City College New York, NY
118 Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH
119 Tufts University Medford, MA
120 North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC
121 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
122 University of Wyoming Laramie, WY
123 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA
124 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
125 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX
126 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI
127 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
128 Wayne State University Detroit, MI
129 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL
130 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX
131 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
132 University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV
133 New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM
134 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Hato Rey, PR
135 University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL
136 Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, TX
137 University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM
138 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
139 Kettering University Flint, MI
140 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
141 Lafayette College Easton, PA
142 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH
143 University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK
144 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
145 Manhattan University Riverdale, NY
146 McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA
147 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY
148 Howard University Washington, DC
149 Trine University Angola, IN
150 University of Mississippi University, MS
151 Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA
152 The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN
153 United States Military Academy West Point, NY
154 University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA
155 University of Idaho Moscow, ID
156 University of South Alabama Mobile, AL
157 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI
158 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM
159 University of New Haven West Haven, CT
160 Widener University Chester, PA
161 Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH
162 The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa, TX
163 Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA
164 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI
165 Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL
166 California Baptist University Riverside, CA
167 Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TX
168 Benedictine College Atchison, KS
169 Christian Brothers University Memphis, TN
170 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL
171 The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX
172 Bellevue College Bellevue, WA
173 Green River College Auburn, WA
174 Hampton University Hampton, VA
175 Highline College Des Moines, WA
176 Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA
177 Shoreline Community College Shoreline, WA
178 Tacoma Community College Tacoma, WA
179 Austin Community College District Austin, TX
180 CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx, NY
181 Cascadia College Bothell, WA
182 Dallas College Dallas, TX
183 Holmes Community College Goodman, MS
184 Lower Columbia College Longview, WA
185 Navajo Technical University Crownpoint, NM
186 University of St Thomas Houston, TX
187 Clark College Vancouver, WA
188 Community College of Rhode Island Warwick, RI
189 Dordt University Sioux Center, IA
190 Edmonds College Lynnwood, WA
191 McLennan Community College Waco, TX
192 Olympic College Bremerton, WA
193 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY
194 Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT
195 Spokane Falls Community College Spokane, WA
196 West Virginia University Institute of Technology Beckley, WV
197 Blinn College District Brenham, TX
198 CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY
199 College of the Mainland Texas City, TX
200 Elon University Elon, NC

Chemical Engineering by Region

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More Chemical Engineering Rankings

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking, along with other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Chemical Engineering Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Chemical Engineering 10,624
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering 297
Other Chemical Engineering 18
Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 42,939
Electrical Engineering 26,760
Civil Engineering 20,005
Computer Engineering 19,986
Biomedical Engineering 13,914

References

*The average salary above is for the top 25 schools only.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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