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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Additional data |
| #54 |
Arizona State University (Fulton)
Tempe, AZ |
2.4 | $10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,692 |
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| #50 |
Auburn University (Ginn)
Auburn University, AL |
2.5 | $7,866 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,598 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 851 | |
| #81 |
Brigham Young University (Fulton)
Provo, UT |
2.1 | $17,850 per year (full-time) | 375 | |
| #74 |
Brown University
Providence, RI |
2.2 | $42,808 per year (full-time) | 323 | |
| #2 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
4.8 | $38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 | |
| #13 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
3.8 | $38,900 per year (full-time) | 2,857 | |
| #43 |
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
2.7 | $37,120 per year (full-time) | 633 | |
| #60 |
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY |
2.3 | $1,259 per credit (full-time) | 210 | |
| #60 |
Clemson University
Clemson, SC |
2.3 | $8,368 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,670 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,317 | |
| #47 |
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO |
2.6 | $13,590 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,620 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,343 | |
| #60 |
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO |
2.3 | $10,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,552 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 660 | |
| #29 |
Columbia University (Fu Foundation)
New York, NY |
3.0 | $47,340 per year (full-time) | 2,525 | |
| #16 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
3.7 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 | |
| #50 |
CUNY‒City College (Grove)
New York, NY |
2.5 | $10,180 per year (in-state, full-time); $750 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 654 | |
| #60 |
Dartmouth College (Thayer)
Hanover, NH |
2.3 | $43,782 per year (full-time) | 289 | |
| #74 |
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA |
2.2 | $28,215 per year (full-time) | 1,128 | |
| #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 | |
| #60 |
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)
Chicago, IL |
2.3 | $1,119 per credit (full-time) | 1,450 | |
| #29 |
Iowa State University
Ames, IA |
3.0 | $8,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,814 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,013 | |
| #22 |
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
Baltimore, MD |
3.2 | $43,930 per year (full-time) | 3,434 | |
| #81 |
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS |
2.1 | $327 per credit (in-state, full-time); $738 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 496 | |
| #47 |
Lehigh University (Rossin)
Bethlehem, PA |
2.6 | $1,260 per credit (full-time) | 787 | |
| #60 |
Louisiana State University‒Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA |
2.3 | $5,875 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,263 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 636 | |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.9 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 | |
| #38 |
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI |
2.8 | $597 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,173 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 858 | |

