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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

32 Colleges
$66,596 Avg Salary
$24,551 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering 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'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.

The Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 32 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for chemical engineering students. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

The excellent programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Johns Hopkins University is a great place for chemical engineering students. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick 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. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

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University of Delaware 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 suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, New Jersey Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. NJIT is a large public school located in the city of Newark.

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#9

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular chemical engineering programs. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#9

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

With a ranking of #9, Princeton University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Princeton.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 305
Pennsylvania 206
Maryland 93
New Jersey 108
District of Columbia 1
Delaware 33

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 26 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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