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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Rank School name Score Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Additional data
#74 Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

2.2 $43,300 per year (full-time) 83

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#60 Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

2.3 $1,259 per credit (full-time) 210
#47 Yale University

New Haven, CT

2.6 $35,500 per year (full-time) 217
#60 Dartmouth College (Thayer)

Hanover, NH

2.3 $43,782 per year (full-time) 289
#74 Brown University

Providence, RI

2.2 $42,808 per year (full-time) 323
#81 Brigham Young University (Fulton)

Provo, UT

2.1 $17,850 per year (full-time) 375
#88 University of Akron

Akron, OH

2.0 $7,285 per year (in-state, full-time); $12,473 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 388
#54 University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

2.4 $7,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,064 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 418
#38 Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

2.8 $1,712 per credit (full-time) 457
#81 Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

2.1 $327 per credit (in-state, full-time); $738 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 496
#22 University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

3.2 $42,350 per year (full-time) 501
#60 University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

2.3 $10,458 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,546 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 520
#60 University of California​‒​Riverside (Bourns)

Riverside, CA

2.3 $14,646 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 534
#54 University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

2.4 $12,010 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,534 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 534
#74 University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

2.2 $1,340 per credit (full-time) 547
#6 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

4.3 $38,650 per year (full-time) 574
#2 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

4.8 $38,084 per year (full-time) 587
#74 University of Maryland​‒​Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

2.2 $510 per credit (in-state, full-time); $844 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 587
#60 University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

2.3 $330 per credit (in-state, full-time); $772 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 593
#54 University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK

2.4 $175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $654 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 597
#88 University of Nebraska​‒​Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

2.0 $394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $992 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 599
#54 Tufts University

Medford, MA

2.4 $26,428 per year (full-time) 622
#43 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

2.7 $37,120 per year (full-time) 633
#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
#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

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