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

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$75,252 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Master'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.

The Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

Check out the chem eng master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the most popular school in the Plains States Region for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Women make up 39% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Full Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis Report

Out of the 12 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in chem eng at SD Mines, 78% are male and 22% are female.

Full Chemical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Out of the 12 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 3 spot on the list. KU is a very large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

Of the 6 students majoring in chem eng at KU, 83% are male and 17% are female.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Kansas Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Full Chemical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology Report

#6

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

With a ranking of #6, University of North Dakota did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Iowa State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for chemical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 75% are male.

Full Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University Report

University of Minnesota - Duluth did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for chemical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#9

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

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#9

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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