Best Colleges by Major / Chemical Engineering
Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering 2025
20 schools ranked by graduate earnings — real data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Chemical Engineering graduates are well-positioned for careers across multiple industries. The rankings below are based on actual graduate earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Earnings shown are median graduate earnings 4 years after graduation (or 1 year if 4-year data is unavailable), sourced from the College Scorecard.See full major data
Top 20 Chemical Engineering Programs by Graduate Earnings
| # | School | Earnings | Tuition | Accept Rate | Enrollment |
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| 1 | Rice University Houston, TX | $108,850 | $58,128 | 8% | 4,562 |
| 2 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $108,067 | $45,627 | 12% | 33,073 |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $107,816 | $66,104 | 6% | 10,768 |
| 4 | Lamar University Beaumont, TX | $107,127 | $18,482 | 86% | 7,945 |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | $105,514 | $69,045 | 4% | 8,899 |
| 6 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | $105,514 | $66,014 | 8% | 15,935 |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX | $105,292 | $40,328 | 63% | 59,099 |
| 8 | University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK | $101,924 | $48,602 | 58% | 2,447 |
| 9 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | $101,352 | $64,772 | 32% | 3,818 |
| 10 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | $100,444 | $65,997 | 7% | 8,960 |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | $99,799 | $60,156 | 5% | 4,571 |
| 12 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA | $99,522 | $28,631 | 74% | 29,207 |
| 13 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT | $99,093 | $6,496 | 69% | 32,221 |
| 14 | Tufts University Medford, MA | $97,631 | $67,844 | 10% | 6,804 |
| 15 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | $97,457 | $27,816 | 79% | 14,835 |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | $96,794 | $62,693 | 12% | 8,923 |
| 17 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK | $96,261 | $25,754 | 71% | 20,814 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | $96,178 | $63,946 | 6% | 7,143 |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | $95,916 | $42,778 | 29% | 42,100 |
| 20 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | $94,710 | $31,767 | 40% | 26,389 |
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Texas A&M University-College Station
College Station, TX
Earnings: $105,292Tuition: $40,328Accept: 63%
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA
Earnings: $99,522Tuition: $28,631Accept: 74%
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