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Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering (2026)

117 programs ranked by graduate earnings, acceptance rates, and outcomes — powered by federal data from the U.S. Department of Education.

117

Programs

$77,421

Avg Field Earnings

$21,623

Avg Net Price

56%

Avg Admit Rate

There are 117 accredited Chemical Engineering programs across U.S. colleges and universities, with graduate earnings ranging from $38,593 to $116,182. Massachusetts Institute of Technology produces the highest-earning graduates, while the average program graduate earns $77,421 within four years of completion. Whether you're focused on maximizing earning potential or finding the best value, this data — sourced from the U.S. Department of Education — helps you compare programs side by side.

Quick Facts — Chemical Engineering Programs

Highest Earning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$116,182field earnings

Most Selective

Stanford University

4%acceptance rate

Best Grad Rate

University of Pennsylvania

96%6-yr grad rate

Most Affordable

CUNY City College

$3,486avg net price

Top 15 Colleges for Chemical Engineering by Graduate Earnings

Ranked by field-specific earnings after graduation. Public and private nonprofit only.

#	School	Location	Type	Earnings	Admit Rate	Net Price
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	Private Nonprofit	$116,182	5%	$19,813
2	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Private Nonprofit	$108,516	7%	$27,143
3	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Private Nonprofit	$105,728	6%	$31,229
4	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	Private Nonprofit	$104,579	10%	$31,927
5	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	Private Nonprofit	$101,300	8%	$18,161
6	Duke University	Durham, NC	Private Nonprofit	$100,584	7%	$34,454
7	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	Private Nonprofit	$98,618	58%	$33,139
8	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA	Private Nonprofit	$98,444	44%	$50,959
9	University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	Public	$98,396	86%	$15,960
10	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	$97,977	30%	$15,624
11	George Washington University	Washington, DC	Private Nonprofit	$97,853	44%	$37,454
12	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Public	$97,038	9%	$14,013
13	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, CA	Public	$96,808	25%	$11,750
14	Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans, LA	Private Nonprofit	$96,112	15%	$43,939
15	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	Public	$94,434	44%	$15,201

Best Value Chemical Engineering Programs

Lowest net price among schools with above-median Chemical Engineering graduate earnings (above $78,264).

#1 Best ValuePublic

Florida International University

Miami, FL

Net Price

$9,133

Field Earnings

$80,974

#2 Best ValuePublic

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Net Price

$11,750

Field Earnings

$96,808

#3 Best ValuePublic

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, IL

Net Price

$12,313

Field Earnings

$78,717

#4 Best ValuePrivate Nonprofit

Rice University

Houston, TX

Net Price

$12,640

Field Earnings

$88,307

#5 Best ValuePublic

University of California-Merced

Merced, CA

Net Price

$12,744

Field Earnings

$82,725

What the Data Tells Us

15 of the top 15 programs by earnings are at public universities — 10 are private nonprofits.
2The #1 program (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) pays 50% more than the average Chemical Engineering program nationally.
3Average acceptance rate among Chemical Engineering programs is 56% — selectivity varies widely by school.
4Best-value programs combine above-median earnings (>$78,264) with lower-than-average net prices.

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All Chemical Engineering Programs

All 117 institutions offering Chemical Engineering. Click column headers to sort. Includes for-profit institutions.

School	City	State	Type	Field Earnings	Admit Rate	Net Price
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	MA	Private Nonprofit	$116,182	5%	$19,813
Northwestern University	Evanston	IL	Private Nonprofit	$108,516	7%	$27,143
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	Private Nonprofit	$105,728	6%	$31,229
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	Private Nonprofit	$104,579	10%	$31,927
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	MD	Private Nonprofit	$101,300	8%	$18,161
Duke University	Durham	NC	Private Nonprofit	$100,584	7%	$34,454
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy	NY	Private Nonprofit	$98,618	58%	$33,139
Santa Clara University	Santa Clara	CA	Private Nonprofit	$98,444	44%	$50,959
University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ	Public	$98,396	86%	$15,960
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	CA	Public	$97,977	30%	$15,624
George Washington University	Washington	DC	Private Nonprofit	$97,853	44%	$37,454
University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	Public	$97,038	9%	$14,013
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	CA	Public	$96,808	25%	$11,750
Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans	LA	Private Nonprofit	$96,112	15%	$43,939
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign	IL	Public	$94,434	44%	$15,201
Vanderbilt University	Nashville	TN	Private Nonprofit	$94,340	6%	$19,040
University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville	VA	Public	$94,301	17%	$22,881
University of Utah	Salt Lake City	UT	Public	$93,547	87%	$13,172
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh	NC	Public	$92,574	40%	$16,931
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pittsburgh	PA	Public	$91,369	50%	$30,074
Wentworth Institute of Technology	Boston	MA	Private Nonprofit	$90,840	85%	$34,170
Syracuse University	Syracuse	NY	Private Nonprofit	$89,553	42%	$41,026
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta	GA	Public	$89,405	16%	$13,289
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	MA	Private Nonprofit	$88,871	59%	$43,273
Rice University	Houston	TX	Private Nonprofit	$88,307	8%	$12,640
Drexel University	Philadelphia	PA	Private Nonprofit	$88,294	78%	$38,428
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	OH	Private Nonprofit	$88,056	29%	$38,909
Texas A&M University-College Station	College Station	TX	Public	$87,290	63%	$20,924
The University of Texas at Austin	Austin	TX	Public	$87,087	29%	$19,678
The Catholic University of America	Washington	DC	Private Nonprofit	$86,489	84%	$32,798
Michigan Technological University	Houghton	MI	Public	$86,435	88%	$15,729
University of Rochester	Rochester	NY	Private Nonprofit	$86,302	36%	$30,248
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	Cincinnati	OH	Public	$85,695	88%	$23,156
Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Fort Collins	CO	Public	$85,694	90%	$20,332
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	North Dartmouth	MA	Public	$85,262	92%	$20,605
Lehigh University	Bethlehem	PA	Private Nonprofit	$84,975	29%	$33,549
Boston University	Boston	MA	Private Nonprofit	$84,960	11%	$26,996
University of Connecticut	Storrs	CT	Public	$84,625	54%	$22,886
University of California-Davis	Davis	CA	Public	$84,254	42%	$15,288
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	MI	Public	$84,138	18%	$14,832
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark	NJ	Public	$83,518	67%	$16,496
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Terre Haute	IN	Private Nonprofit	$83,476	73%	$40,665
University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	CA	Public	$83,334	63%	$16,607
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis	MN	Public	$83,177	77%	$17,139
University of California-Irvine	Irvine	CA	Public	$82,806	26%	$12,840
University of California-Merced	Merced	CA	Public	$82,725	39%	$12,744
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	PA	Private Nonprofit	$82,463	11%	$31,671
Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester	NY	Private Nonprofit	$82,443	71%	$29,694
University of Rhode Island	Kingston	RI	Public	$82,317	77%	$19,899
Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken	NJ	Private Nonprofit	$82,175	43%	$40,468
Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus	OH	Public	$81,989	51%	$18,292
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Tempe	AZ	Public	$81,531	90%	$13,670
Florida International University	Miami	FL	Public	$80,974	59%	$9,133
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Brunswick	NJ	Public	$80,803	65%	$23,519
University of California-Riverside	Riverside	CA	Public	$80,773	63%	$13,707
Marquette University	Milwaukee	WI	Private Nonprofit	$79,984	87%	$29,237
University of Illinois Chicago	Chicago	IL	Public	$78,717	79%	$12,313
University of Miami	Coral Gables	FL	Private Nonprofit	$78,561	19%	$36,803
Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette	IN	Public	$78,264	50%	$13,945
University of Delaware	Newark	DE	Public	$77,403	65%	$16,931
University of the Pacific	Stockton	CA	Private Nonprofit	$77,099	95%	$25,926
University of Iowa	Iowa City	IA	Public	$76,896	85%	$21,398
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	Durham	NH	Public	$76,755	87%	$23,261
Indiana University-Indianapolis	Indianapolis	IN	Public	$76,252	81%	$11,408
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison	WI	Public	$76,003	43%	$16,928
Binghamton University	Vestal	NY	Public	$75,680	38%	$21,364
Milwaukee School of Engineering	Milwaukee	WI	Private Nonprofit	$75,667	60%	$24,021
University at Buffalo	Buffalo	NY	Public	$75,123	69%	$20,470
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook	NY	Public	$74,723	49%	$18,430
University of Toledo	Toledo	OH	Public	$74,617	95%	$17,460
Brown University	Providence	RI	Private Nonprofit	$74,180	5%	$26,572
Clemson University	Clemson	SC	Public	$73,586	38%	$22,112
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	CA	Public	$73,348	12%	$14,979
The University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson	TX	Public	$73,218	65%	$17,435
Washington State University	Pullman	WA	Public	$73,096	85%	$14,401
Wright State University-Main Campus	Dayton	OH	Public	$73,018	95%	$15,216
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Knoxville	TN	Public	$72,490	46%	$18,109
Southern California Institute of Technology	Anaheim	CA	Private For-Profit	$71,931	88%	$27,735
Florida Gulf Coast University	Fort Myers	FL	Public	$71,611	77%	$10,319
University of South Carolina-Columbia	Columbia	SC	Public	$71,054	61%	$24,532
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	NC	Public	$70,561	19%	$12,983
Oregon State University	Corvallis	OR	Public	$69,602	79%	$19,568
Mississippi State University	Mississippi State	MS	Public	$69,213	76%	$15,501
University of Akron Main Campus	Akron	OH	Public	$69,004	71%	$14,981
Widener University	Chester	PA	Private Nonprofit	$68,762	84%	$30,470
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	VA	Public	$68,352	93%	$19,452
CUNY City College	New York	NY	Public	$67,733	58%	$3,486
Trine University	Angola	IN	Private Nonprofit	$67,702	85%	$25,580
Rowan University	Glassboro	NJ	Public	$67,609	78%	$22,185
Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	IL	Private Nonprofit	$66,587	55%	$19,353
California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	CA	Public	$66,090	47%	$8,931
Lawrence Technological University	Southfield	MI	Private Nonprofit	$64,298	80%	$33,995
George Mason University	Fairfax	VA	Public	$63,981	89%	$18,287
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	AL	Public	$63,236	88%	$17,727
Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	NY	Private Nonprofit	$62,895	4%	$20,148
Union College	Schenectady	NY	Private Nonprofit	$62,624	44%	$36,000
University of Memphis	Memphis	TN	Public	$62,454	93%	$13,253
Louisiana Tech University	Ruston	LA	Public	$62,384	73%	$12,209
Cornell University	Ithaca	NY	Private Nonprofit	$61,397	8%	$32,337
The University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio	TX	Public	$60,705	88%	$11,234
University of Florida	Gainesville	FL	Public	$60,524	24%	$6,351
University of Maine	Orono	ME	Public	$59,864	96%	$18,045
University of Arkansas	Fayetteville	AR	Public	$59,504	72%	$17,525
Miami University-Oxford	Oxford	OH	Public	$58,914	82%	$27,662
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Baton Rouge	LA	Public	$58,601	74%	$20,015
Western New England University	Springfield	MA	Private Nonprofit	$58,437	83%	$31,170
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle	WA	Public	$57,062	43%	$13,485
Saint Louis University	Saint Louis	MO	Private Nonprofit	$56,932	81%	$27,075
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	Denver	CO	Public	$55,550	78%	$19,133
Temple University	Philadelphia	PA	Public	$54,415	83%	$29,219
North Carolina A & T State University	Greensboro	NC	Public	$52,948	46%	$10,980
Wichita State University	Wichita	KS	Public	$51,636	95%	$13,776
Stanford University	Stanford	CA	Private Nonprofit	$50,487	4%	$12,136
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Milwaukee	WI	Public	$50,472	88%	$16,177
University of Houston	Houston	TX	Public	$48,329	70%	$13,853
The University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington	TX	Public	$41,773	81%	$15,235
University of Michigan-Dearborn	Dearborn	MI	Public	$38,593	59%	$10,904

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