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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

11 Colleges
$112,828 Avg Salary

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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Chemical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for chem eng majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the most popular school in the Southwest Region for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 55% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Full Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular chemical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Women make up 31% of the chem eng majors at the school.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in chem eng at Texas Tech, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

About 35% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 65% are male.

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#5

Rice University

Houston, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rice University is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in chem eng at Rice, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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#6

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Lamar University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public college with a large student population.

Full Chemical Engineering at Lamar University Report

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in chem eng at OSU, 88% are male and 13% are female.

Full Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

#9

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

University of Tulsa came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in chem eng at University of Tulsa, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.

Women make up 33% of the chem eng majors at the school.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 184
Arizona 51
Oklahoma 22
New Mexico 14

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

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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