2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools
Finding the Best Chemical Engineering 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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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. This report analyzed 144 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Chemical Engineering program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for chem eng majors pursuing a .
Top 15% Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools
Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the most popular school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools list. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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The excellent programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in the United States. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Cornell University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
With a ranking of #8, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #9, Northeastern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #10, Massachusetts Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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University at Buffalo ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #12, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #13, University of Florida did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
With a ranking of #14, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemical engineering students. It came in at #15 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.
Stanford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemical engineering students. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Texas Tech University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemical engineering programs. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemical engineering students. It came in at #18 on the list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
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Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | University of California - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| 23 | Ohio State University - Main Campus | Columbus, OH |
| 24 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick | New Brunswick, NJ |
| 25 | University of Delaware | Newark, DE |
| 26 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark, NJ |
| 27 | University of California - San Diego | La Jolla, CA |
| 28 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA |
Chemical Engineering by Region
View the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools for a specific region near you.
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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.
- 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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