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.

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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

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