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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

12 Colleges
$66,793 Avg Salary
$23,617 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 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.

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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Plains States 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.

Check out the chem eng 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. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for chemical engineering students. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great place for chemical engineering students. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college with a small student population.

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#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas 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. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

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#7

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota 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 small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

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#7

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University 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 small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Minnesota - Duluth came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public school with a moderately-sized 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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