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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in California

12 Colleges
$58,086 Avg Salary
$17,925 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

With 264 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, chemical engineering is the #72 most popular major in California.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in California 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.

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

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the most popular school in California for chemical engineering students. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in California. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in California list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in California list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemical engineering programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Riverside landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemical engineering programs. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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California Institute of Technology ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in California list. Caltech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 61
Oregon 25
Nevada 2

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 12 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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