Chemical Engineering
Ranked in 2013, part of Best Engineering Schools
Chemical engineering involves chemistry, biology, math, and physics. Graduates may become designers and inventors, potentially working with everything from nanotechnology to new energy. These are the top chemical engineering programs.
| Rankings | Overall Engineering School Program Data | |||||||||||
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| Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment |
Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test)
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Engineering school research expenditures (2011-2012 fiscal year)
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Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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Ph.D.s granted
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Recruiter assessment score (out of 5)
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Research expenditures per faculty member
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| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.9 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 | ||||||||
| #2 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
4.8 | $38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 | ||||||||
| #3 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
4.7 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,837 | ||||||||
| #4 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
4.6 | $43,950 per year (full-time) | 3,548 | ||||||||
| #4 |
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN |
4.6 | $14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,920 | ||||||||
| #6 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
4.3 | $38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 | ||||||||
| #6 |
University of Texas–Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX |
4.3 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,425 | ||||||||
| #6 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI |
4.3 | $11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,903 | ||||||||
| #9 |
University of California–Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA |
4.2 | $12,192 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,294 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 760 | ||||||||
| #10 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
4.1 | $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,651 | ||||||||
| #11 |
University of Delaware
Newark, DE |
4.0 | $27,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,240 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 862 | ||||||||
| #12 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
3.9 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 | ||||||||
| #13 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
3.8 | $38,900 per year (full-time) | 2,857 | ||||||||
| #13 |
Purdue University–West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN |
3.8 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 | ||||||||
| #13 |
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL |
3.8 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 | ||||||||
| #16 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
3.7 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 | ||||||||
| #17 |
Northwestern University (McCormick)
Evanston, IL |
3.6 | $43,380 per year (full-time) | 1,669 | ||||||||
| #18 |
University of Colorado–Boulder
Boulder, CO |
3.5 | $12,726 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,602 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,613 | ||||||||
| #18 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
3.5 | $27,700 per year (full-time) | 1,704 | ||||||||
| #20 |
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC |
3.4 | $6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 | ||||||||
| #21 |
Pennsylvania State University–University Park
University Park, PA |
3.3 | $18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,863 | ||||||||
| #22 |
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
Baltimore, MD |
3.2 | $43,930 per year (full-time) | 3,434 | ||||||||
| #22 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
3.2 | $43,350 per year (full-time) | 831 | ||||||||
| #22 |
Rice University (Brown)
Houston, TX |
3.2 | $36,610 per year (full-time) | 716 | ||||||||
| #22 |
University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)
Los Angeles, CA |
3.2 | $12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,776 | ||||||||
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