Chemical Engineering Programs

Chemical Engineering is offered at 220 institutions across the United States. Bachelor graduates earn a median salary ranging from $74,254 to $122,093, with the highest-earning program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($122,093). The most common degree level is Bachelor (188), followed by Master (151) and Doctoral (124).

Bachelor (188) · Master (151) · Doctoral (124) · Associate (29) · Graduate Certificate (20) · Undergraduate Certificate (3)

Bachelor (188)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Texas A&M University-College Station TX $111,073 234
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA $104,104 170
The University of Texas at Austin TX $115,423 155
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $98,851 155
University of California-Berkeley CA $121,027 149
Colorado School of Mines CO $94,598 149
Purdue University-Main Campus IN $104,514 147
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA $103,728 139
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $104,705 131
Northeastern University MA $107,767 124
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $93,264 124
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH $97,220 123
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $104,317 122
University of Florida FL $109,607 110
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $92,946 106
Michigan State University MI $102,223 104
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI $101,676 102
The University of Alabama AL $100,857 101
University of California-San Diego CA $96,798 101
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $109,405 97
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA $102,849 96
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ $100,729 94
Iowa State University IA $92,773 94
University of Houston TX $110,184 89
Texas Tech University TX $99,747 89
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Mississippi State University MS $95,968 89
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $106,011 88
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO $94,686 86
Oregon State University OR $92,741 84
University of Kentucky KY $98,003 83
Johns Hopkins University MD $94,671 81
Michigan Technological University MI $94,478 78
University of Kansas KS $93,391 78
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR $74,254 77
Auburn University AL $106,726 76
Drexel University PA $99,338 76
University of California-Los Angeles CA $108,066 75
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA $114,226 74
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA $97,324 73
University of South Florida FL $94,387 73
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO $97,271 72
University of Notre Dame IN $113,614 70
Montana State University MT $87,590 70
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $109,551 69
University of Arizona AZ $101,815 68
Brigham Young University UT $101,726 68
University of Delaware DE $103,910 67
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA $94,972 67
Clemson University SC $92,098 66
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN $91,643 66
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK $98,557 64
University of Dayton OH $97,184 62
University of Connecticut CT $87,267 62
University of California-Davis CA $102,649 61
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY $98,679 61
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA $97,990 61
University of Arkansas AR $93,641 60
University of California-Irvine CA $97,656 59
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC $98,244 58
University of Toledo OH $94,065 58
University of Maryland-College Park MD $102,149 56
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD $91,547 56
Clarkson University NY $93,614 52
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA $100,199 51
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ $98,782 51
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ $97,371 51
Kansas State University KS $92,068 51
University of Illinois Chicago IL $87,407 51
Villanova University PA $103,601 50
Lamar University TX $101,018 50
Case Western Reserve University OH $96,533 50
University of California-Riverside CA $91,457 50
University of Akron Main Campus OH $90,279 50
University at Buffalo NY $95,424 47
University of Louisville KY $101,068 46
University of Utah UT $98,215 46
Virginia Commonwealth University VA $97,781 46
Western Michigan University MI $91,777 46
University of Colorado Boulder CO $95,780 44
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK $94,291 44
New York University NY $89,744 43
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN $85,667 43
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA $105,724 42
Lehigh University PA $101,720 42
West Virginia University WV $96,503 42
University of Missouri-Columbia MO $95,989 42
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD $90,845 42
Cornell University NY $116,165 41
University of California-Santa Barbara CA $113,317 41
Carnegie Mellon University PA $110,378 41
University of Southern California CA $100,646 41
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE $88,067 41
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA $122,093 39
University of Iowa IA $97,329 39
Miami University-Oxford OH $96,025 39
University of Chicago IL Not reported 39
Rowan University NJ $95,769 38
CUNY City College NY $88,659 37
University of Pennsylvania PA $109,884 36
University of South Alabama AL $93,943 36
Vanderbilt University TN $121,641 35
Washington State University WA $99,506 35
Rochester Institute of Technology NY $94,641 35
Prairie View A & M University TX $92,591 35
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL $90,681 35
Northwestern University IL $111,040 34
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA $102,119 34
California State University-Long Beach CA $92,523 34
Tennessee Technological University TN $91,580 34
University of Wyoming WY $81,629 34
North Carolina A & T State University NC $109,537 32
Louisiana Tech University LA $98,240 32
Cleveland State University OH $81,185 32
Stony Brook University NY $88,593 31
University of Maine ME $94,964 30
Illinois Institute of Technology IL $84,876 30
Rice University TX $113,605 29
Texas A&M University-Kingsville TX $97,811 29
University of Rochester NY $92,102 29
University of North Dakota ND $87,309 29
Washington University in St Louis MO $107,843 28
University of Tulsa OK $101,626 28
Tufts University MA Not reported 28
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN $98,341 27
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM $96,810 27
Florida State University FL $90,815 27
Ohio University-Main Campus OH $85,990 27
San Jose State University CA Not reported 27
University of Rhode Island RI $103,525 26
Wayne State University MI $93,047 26
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM $90,091 25
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Not reported 25
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN $92,511 24
Youngstown State University OH $89,150 24
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR Not reported 24
Bucknell University PA $99,536 23
Florida Institute of Technology FL $99,312 23
Trine University IN $88,192 23
Princeton University NJ Not reported 23
Lafayette College PA $115,726 22
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY $100,191 21
Manhattan University NY $96,134 21
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM $85,900 20
University of Nevada-Reno NV $84,965 20
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 20
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point WI $100,375 18
Syracuse University NY $87,529 18
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI $81,935 18
McNeese State University LA Not reported 18
Kettering University MI $103,868 17
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH $93,711 17
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown PA $97,324 16
University of Mississippi MS $107,548 15
Howard University DC Not reported 15
Tuskegee University AL Not reported 14
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 14
California Baptist University CA Not reported 13
United States Military Academy NY Not reported 13
Widener University PA $91,145 12
University of Idaho ID $80,558 12
Stanford University CA Not reported 10
University of New Haven CT $85,269 9
Hampton University VA Not reported 8
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 7
The University of Texas Permian Basin TX Not reported 6
Yale University CT Not reported 6
Benedictine College KS Not reported 5
Christian Brothers University TN Not reported 4
The University of Texas at Tyler TX Not reported 4
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL Not reported 4
West Virginia University Institute of Technology WV $96,503 3
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR $92,741 3
Dordt University IA Not reported 1
Xavier University OH Not reported 1
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT $87,267 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT $87,267 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT $87,267 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT $87,267 0
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH $85,990 0
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH $85,990 0
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH $85,990 0
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH $85,990 0
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH $85,990 0
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY Not reported 0
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry NY Not reported 0
Elon University NC Not reported 0
Rogers State University OK Not reported 0
Eckerd College FL Not reported 0

Master (151)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Columbia University in the City of New York NY $114,037 100
Johns Hopkins University MD Not reported 69
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ Not reported 59
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $116,890 50
Cornell University NY Not reported 47
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $131,873 46
Carnegie Mellon University PA Not reported 46
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 43
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 37
Purdue University-Main Campus IN Not reported 37
University of Southern California CA Not reported 34
University of California-Berkeley CA $114,034 30
University at Buffalo NY $102,730 29
University of Florida FL Not reported 29
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 28
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 27
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 26
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA Not reported 25
Colorado School of Mines CO Not reported 25
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 25
University of California-San Diego CA Not reported 23
Northwestern University IL Not reported 22
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 21
New York University NY Not reported 21
Texas Tech University TX Not reported 20
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Colorado Boulder CO Not reported 20
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ $110,950 19
Princeton University NJ Not reported 19
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 19
Illinois Institute of Technology IL $111,149 18
Stanford University CA Not reported 18
Drexel University PA $116,242 16
The University of Alabama AL Not reported 16
California State University-Long Beach CA Not reported 15
University of California-Irvine CA Not reported 15
Lehigh University PA Not reported 15
Northeastern University MA $122,043 14
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 14
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 13
Manhattan University NY Not reported 13
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 13
Rice University TX Not reported 13
San Jose State University CA Not reported 13
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM Not reported 12
University of Rochester NY Not reported 12
University of Utah UT Not reported 12
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA Not reported 11
Syracuse University NY Not reported 11
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 11
Miami University-Oxford OH Not reported 11
University of Dayton OH Not reported 10
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 10
Wayne State University MI Not reported 9
Clarkson University NY Not reported 9
Villanova University PA Not reported 9
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR Not reported 9
University of Chicago IL Not reported 9
University of Illinois Chicago IL Not reported 9
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported 9
Cleveland State University OH Not reported 8
Auburn University AL Not reported 7
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 7
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported 7
Western Michigan University MI Not reported 7
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO Not reported 7
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM Not reported 7
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 7
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 7
University of Houston TX $125,334 6
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported 6
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 6
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM Not reported 6
CUNY City College NY Not reported 6
University of California-Riverside CA Not reported 6
Stony Brook University NY Not reported 6
North Carolina A & T State University NC Not reported 6
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 6
University of Toledo OH Not reported 6
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 6
Thomas Jefferson University PA Not reported 6
Texas A&M University-Kingsville TX Not reported 6
Florida Institute of Technology FL Not reported 6
Florida State University FL Not reported 6
University of Kansas KS Not reported 5
Kansas State University KS Not reported 5
University of Maine ME Not reported 5
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 5
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 5
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 5
University of Delaware DE Not reported 5
University of Louisville KY $104,744 4
University of Arkansas AR Not reported 4
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 4
Iowa State University IA Not reported 4
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 4
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD Not reported 4
University of Nevada-Reno NV Not reported 4
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY Not reported 4
University of North Dakota ND Not reported 4
Oregon State University OR Not reported 4
Brigham Young University UT Not reported 4
University of South Florida FL Not reported 4
University of Iowa IA Not reported 3
Michigan State University MI Not reported 3
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN Not reported 3
Mississippi State University MS Not reported 3
Montana State University MT Not reported 3
University of Rhode Island RI Not reported 3
Tennessee Technological University TN Not reported 3
Vanderbilt University TN Not reported 3
Washington State University WA Not reported 3
West Virginia University WV Not reported 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 3
University of Wyoming WY Not reported 3
University of Idaho ID Not reported 3
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 3
University of South Alabama AL Not reported 2
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN Not reported 2
Tufts University MA Not reported 2
University of Missouri-Columbia MO Not reported 2
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE Not reported 2
University of California-Davis CA Not reported 2
University of California-Santa Barbara CA Not reported 2
University of Akron Main Campus OH Not reported 2
Ohio University-Main Campus OH Not reported 2
Youngstown State University OH Not reported 2
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK Not reported 2
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 2
University of Tulsa OK Not reported 2
Widener University PA Not reported 2
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC Not reported 2
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD Not reported 2
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO Not reported 2
Tuskegee University AL Not reported 1
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 1
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH Not reported 1
Bucknell University PA Not reported 1
Clemson University SC Not reported 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA Not reported 1
Howard University DC Not reported 1
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL Not reported 1
University of Miami FL Not reported 1
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL Not reported Not reported
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 0
Weill Medical College of Cornell University NY Not reported Not reported
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0

Doctoral (124)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA $184,436 36
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 34
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 33
University of Delaware DE $161,693 29
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 28
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 25
Purdue University-Main Campus IN Not reported 25
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 25
University of Chicago IL Not reported 23
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported 23
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 22
Northwestern University IL Not reported 21
Johns Hopkins University MD Not reported 20
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 20
University of California-Riverside CA Not reported 19
Rice University TX Not reported 19
Stanford University CA Not reported 19
University of Colorado Boulder CO Not reported 19
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 18
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC Not reported 18
Cornell University NY Not reported 17
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 17
University of Houston TX Not reported 17
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 16
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 16
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Iowa State University IA Not reported 15
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 15
Princeton University NJ Not reported 15
Washington State University WA Not reported 15
Auburn University AL Not reported 14
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ Not reported 14
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 14
University of California-Davis CA Not reported 13
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 13
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 13
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 12
University of California-Irvine CA Not reported 12
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 12
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 11
Clemson University SC Not reported 11
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 11
Colorado School of Mines CO Not reported 11
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported 10
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 10
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA Not reported 10
Michigan State University MI Not reported 9
University of California-Santa Barbara CA Not reported 9
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC Not reported 9
Texas Tech University TX Not reported 9
University of Utah UT Not reported 9
University of Iowa IA Not reported 8
Carnegie Mellon University PA Not reported 8
Vanderbilt University TN Not reported 8
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 8
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO Not reported 7
University of Rhode Island RI Not reported 7
Brigham Young University UT Not reported 7
University of Southern California CA Not reported 7
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 7
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 6
University of Louisville KY Not reported 6
Northeastern University MA Not reported 6
University of Nevada-Reno NV Not reported 6
CUNY City College NY Not reported 6
University of California-San Diego CA Not reported 6
University at Buffalo NY Not reported 6
University of Akron Main Campus OH Not reported 6
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 6
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 6
University of Wyoming WY Not reported 6
University of Florida FL Not reported 6
University of South Florida FL Not reported 6
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 5
Montana State University MT Not reported 5
Clarkson University NY Not reported 5
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK Not reported 5
Lehigh University PA Not reported 5
Florida State University FL Not reported 5
University of Illinois Chicago IL Not reported 5
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 4
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 4
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported 4
Wayne State University MI Not reported 4
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH Not reported 4
Syracuse University NY Not reported 4
Drexel University PA Not reported 4
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD Not reported 4
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 4
The University of Alabama AL Not reported 3
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA Not reported 3
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA Not reported 3
University of Rochester NY Not reported 3
University of Tulsa OK Not reported 3
Virginia Commonwealth University VA Not reported 3
Kansas State University KS Not reported 2
University of Maine ME Not reported 2
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE Not reported 2
New York University NY Not reported 2
Stony Brook University NY Not reported 2
University of North Dakota ND Not reported 2
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 2
Ohio University-Main Campus OH Not reported 2
Oregon State University OR Not reported 2
Lamar University TX Not reported 2
Florida Institute of Technology FL Not reported 2
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 2
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD Not reported 1
Tufts University MA Not reported 1
University of Missouri-Columbia MO Not reported 1
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 1
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR Not reported 1
University of Miami FL Not reported 1
University of Idaho ID Not reported 1
University of South Alabama AL Not reported 0
Mississippi State University MS Not reported Not reported
Weill Medical College of Cornell University NY Not reported Not reported
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY Not reported 0
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL Not reported 0

Associate (29)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Holmes Community College MS Not reported 5
Salt Lake Community College UT Not reported 3
CUNY Hostos Community College NY Not reported 2
Austin Community College District TX Not reported 2
Edmonds College WA Not reported 2
Spokane Falls Community College WA Not reported 2
Middlesex Community College MA Not reported 1
McLennan Community College TX Not reported 1
Lone Star College System TX Not reported 1
Bellevue College WA Not reported 1
Green River College WA Not reported 1
Lake Washington Institute of Technology WA Not reported 1
Olympic College WA Not reported 1
Tacoma Community College WA Not reported 1
Whatcom Community College WA Not reported 1
Navajo Technical University NM Not reported 0
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College OK Not reported 0
Southwestern Oregon Community College OR Not reported 0
Community College of Rhode Island RI Not reported 0
Blinn College District TX Not reported 0
College of the Mainland TX Not reported 0
Snow College UT Not reported Not reported
Utah State University UT Not reported 0
Clark College WA Not reported 0
Lower Columbia College WA Not reported 0
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Shoreline Community College WA Not reported 0
Skagit Valley College WA Not reported Not reported
Cascadia College WA Not reported 0
College of Southern Idaho ID Not reported Not reported

Graduate Certificate (20)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 16
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO Not reported 6
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA Not reported 1
Lehigh University PA Not reported 1
Auburn University AL Not reported 0
Iowa State University IA Not reported Not reported
Kansas State University KS Not reported 0
Northeastern University MA Not reported Not reported
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 0
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported 0
CUNY City College NY Not reported 0
Villanova University PA Not reported 0
Stanford University CA Not reported 0
Purdue University-Main Campus IN Not reported 0
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 0

Undergraduate Certificate (3)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Akron Main Campus OH Not reported 24
Texas A&M University-Kingsville TX Not reported 13
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 2