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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

24 Colleges
$66,356 Avg Salary
$23,854 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, chemical engineering was ranked #76 in the country. In fact 2,662 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Colleges.

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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Out of the 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 2 spot on the list. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the city of Akron.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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University of Illinois at Chicago 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. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #10, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Full Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University Report

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 97
Illinois 138
Ohio 146
Indiana 81
Wisconsin 23

Chemical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 24 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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