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

9 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.

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.

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Plains States 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 analysis found University of Minnesota - Twin Cities to be the most popular school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

About 13% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 87% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 17% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 83% are male.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in chem eng at Iowa State, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in chem eng at Mizzou, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Out of the 9 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in chem eng at K -State, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#7

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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#7

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Grand Forks, UND is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for chemical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering schools 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 9 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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