2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
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.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Southwest 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.
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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for chem eng majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in the Southwest Region for chemical engineering students. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.
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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great place for chemical engineering students. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
Rice University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Lamar University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemical engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for chemical engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.
Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best chemical engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 184 |
Arizona | 51 |
Oklahoma | 22 |
New Mexico | 14 |
Chemical Engineering Related Majors
One of 39 majors within the area of study, chemical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 14 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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