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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

$21,564

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

97%6-yr grad rate

Most Affordable

CUNY City College

$3,776avg 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%	$20,111
2	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Private Nonprofit	$108,516	8%	$29,167
3	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Private Nonprofit	$105,728	5%	$28,699
4	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	Private Nonprofit	$104,579	10%	$32,740
5	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	Private Nonprofit	$101,300	6%	$18,809
6	Duke University	Durham, NC	Private Nonprofit	$100,584	6%	$29,612
7	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	Private Nonprofit	$98,618	63%	$36,228
8	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA	Private Nonprofit	$98,444	48%	$50,062
9	University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	Public	$98,396	86%	$16,674
10	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	$97,977	31%	$16,665
11	George Washington University	Washington, DC	Private Nonprofit	$97,853	47%	$36,586
12	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Public	$97,038	9%	$12,548
13	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, CA	Public	$96,808	27%	$12,470
14	Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans, LA	Private Nonprofit	$96,112	14%	$39,949
15	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	Public	$94,434	42%	$14,355

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

$9,288

Field Earnings

$80,974

#2 Best ValuePublic

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, IL

Net Price

$10,974

Field Earnings

$78,717

#3 Best ValuePublic

University of California-Merced

Merced, CA

Net Price

$11,983

Field Earnings

$82,725

#4 Best ValuePublic

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

Net Price

$12,116

Field Earnings

$89,405

#5 Best ValuePublic

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Net Price

$12,470

Field Earnings

$96,808

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%	$20,111
Northwestern University	Evanston	IL	Private Nonprofit	$108,516	8%	$29,167
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	Private Nonprofit	$105,728	5%	$28,699
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	Private Nonprofit	$104,579	10%	$32,740
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	MD	Private Nonprofit	$101,300	6%	$18,809
Duke University	Durham	NC	Private Nonprofit	$100,584	6%	$29,612
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy	NY	Private Nonprofit	$98,618	63%	$36,228
Santa Clara University	Santa Clara	CA	Private Nonprofit	$98,444	48%	$50,062
University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ	Public	$98,396	86%	$16,674
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	CA	Public	$97,977	31%	$16,665
George Washington University	Washington	DC	Private Nonprofit	$97,853	47%	$36,586
University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	Public	$97,038	9%	$12,548
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	CA	Public	$96,808	27%	$12,470
Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans	LA	Private Nonprofit	$96,112	14%	$39,949
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign	IL	Public	$94,434	42%	$14,355
Vanderbilt University	Nashville	TN	Private Nonprofit	$94,340	6%	$15,846
University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville	VA	Public	$94,301	17%	$21,565
University of Utah	Salt Lake City	UT	Public	$93,547	86%	$16,200
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh	NC	Public	$92,574	42%	$17,303
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pittsburgh	PA	Public	$91,369	58%	$30,434
Wentworth Institute of Technology	Boston	MA	Private Nonprofit	$90,840	91%	$34,170
Syracuse University	Syracuse	NY	Private Nonprofit	$89,553	46%	$38,793
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta	GA	Public	$89,405	14%	$12,116
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	MA	Private Nonprofit	$88,871	60%	$43,071
Rice University	Houston	TX	Private Nonprofit	$88,307	8%	$13,370
Drexel University	Philadelphia	PA	Private Nonprofit	$88,294	79%	$38,509
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	OH	Private Nonprofit	$88,056	37%	$41,190
Texas A&M University-College Station	College Station	TX	Public	$87,290	57%	$21,315
The University of Texas at Austin	Austin	TX	Public	$87,087	27%	$19,857
The Catholic University of America	Washington	DC	Private Nonprofit	$86,489	83%	$29,561
Michigan Technological University	Houghton	MI	Public	$86,435	92%	$14,182
University of Rochester	Rochester	NY	Private Nonprofit	$86,302	40%	$29,278
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	Cincinnati	OH	Public	$85,695	85%	$25,648
Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Fort Collins	CO	Public	$85,694	89%	$21,279
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	North Dartmouth	MA	Public	$85,262	91%	$20,927
Lehigh University	Bethlehem	PA	Private Nonprofit	$84,975	26%	$36,931
Boston University	Boston	MA	Private Nonprofit	$84,960	11%	$24,402
University of Connecticut	Storrs	CT	Public	$84,625	52%	$25,097
University of California-Davis	Davis	CA	Public	$84,254	42%	$14,741
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	MI	Public	$84,138	16%	$13,138
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark	NJ	Public	$83,518	65%	$16,504
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Terre Haute	IN	Private Nonprofit	$83,476	77%	$42,513
University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	CA	Public	$83,334	66%	$17,890
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis	MN	Public	$83,177	80%	$16,778
University of California-Irvine	Irvine	CA	Public	$82,806	29%	$14,251
University of California-Merced	Merced	CA	Public	$82,725	91%	$11,983
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	PA	Private Nonprofit	$82,463	12%	$31,944
Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester	NY	Private Nonprofit	$82,443	67%	$34,906
University of Rhode Island	Kingston	RI	Public	$82,317	72%	$21,440
Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken	NJ	Private Nonprofit	$82,175	48%	$41,346
Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus	OH	Public	$81,989	61%	$17,339
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Tempe	AZ	Public	$81,531	90%	$14,967
Florida International University	Miami	FL	Public	$80,974	55%	$9,288
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Brunswick	NJ	Public	$80,803	58%	$24,406
University of California-Riverside	Riverside	CA	Public	$80,773	76%	$14,304
Marquette University	Milwaukee	WI	Private Nonprofit	$79,984	81%	$31,487
University of Illinois Chicago	Chicago	IL	Public	$78,717	77%	$10,974
University of Miami	Coral Gables	FL	Private Nonprofit	$78,561	19%	$37,244
Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette	IN	Public	$78,264	50%	$14,600
University of Delaware	Newark	DE	Public	$77,403	71%	$17,799
University of the Pacific	Stockton	CA	Private Nonprofit	$77,099	71%	$25,447
University of Iowa	Iowa City	IA	Public	$76,896	84%	$22,531
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	Durham	NH	Public	$76,755	88%	$23,805
Indiana University-Indianapolis	Indianapolis	IN	Public	$76,252	76%	$11,668
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison	WI	Public	$76,003	45%	$17,354
Binghamton University	Vestal	NY	Public	$75,680	39%	$21,620
Milwaukee School of Engineering	Milwaukee	WI	Private Nonprofit	$75,667	59%	$22,453
University at Buffalo	Buffalo	NY	Public	$75,123	74%	$20,995
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook	NY	Public	$74,723	49%	$18,784
University of Toledo	Toledo	OH	Public	$74,617	92%	$17,249
Brown University	Providence	RI	Private Nonprofit	$74,180	5%	$25,184
Clemson University	Clemson	SC	Public	$73,586	38%	$22,253
University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	CA	Public	$73,348	11%	$13,481
The University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson	TX	Public	$73,218	65%	$18,267
Washington State University	Pullman	WA	Public	$73,096	87%	$14,971
Wright State University-Main Campus	Dayton	OH	Public	$73,018	96%	$15,415
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Knoxville	TN	Public	$72,490	42%	$18,976
Southern California Institute of Technology	Anaheim	CA	Private For-Profit	$71,931	74%	$33,392
Florida Gulf Coast University	Fort Myers	FL	Public	$71,611	63%	$12,568
University of South Carolina-Columbia	Columbia	SC	Public	$71,054	60%	$22,811
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	NC	Public	$70,561	15%	$11,655
Oregon State University	Corvallis	OR	Public	$69,602	77%	$19,604
Mississippi State University	Mississippi State	MS	Public	$69,213	78%	$17,595
University of Akron Main Campus	Akron	OH	Public	$69,004	60%	$13,946
Widener University	Chester	PA	Private Nonprofit	$68,762	71%	$25,759
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	VA	Public	$68,352	93%	$23,433
CUNY City College	New York	NY	Public	$67,733	60%	$3,776
Trine University	Angola	IN	Private Nonprofit	$67,702	85%	$25,355
Rowan University	Glassboro	NJ	Public	$67,609	78%	$22,408
Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	IL	Private Nonprofit	$66,587	55%	$18,425
California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	CA	Public	$66,090	46%	$10,440
Lawrence Technological University	Southfield	MI	Private Nonprofit	$64,298	56%	$32,918
George Mason University	Fairfax	VA	Public	$63,981	87%	$17,915
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	AL	Public	$63,236	88%	$18,749
Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	NY	Private Nonprofit	$62,895	4%	$21,590
Union College	Schenectady	NY	Private Nonprofit	$62,624	44%	$34,561
University of Memphis	Memphis	TN	Public	$62,454	72%	$12,397
Louisiana Tech University	Ruston	LA	Public	$62,384	86%	$11,864
Cornell University	Ithaca	NY	Private Nonprofit	$61,397	9%	$28,690
The University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio	TX	Public	$60,705	87%	$10,836
University of Florida	Gainesville	FL	Public	$60,524	24%	$6,541
University of Maine	Orono	ME	Public	$59,864	97%	$17,510
University of Arkansas	Fayetteville	AR	Public	$59,504	74%	$18,209
Miami University-Oxford	Oxford	OH	Public	$58,914	75%	$28,384
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Baton Rouge	LA	Public	$58,601	73%	$19,151
Western New England University	Springfield	MA	Private Nonprofit	$58,437	83%	$27,290
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle	WA	Public	$57,062	39%	$14,091
Saint Louis University	Saint Louis	MO	Private Nonprofit	$56,932	75%	$24,398
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	Denver	CO	Public	$55,550	75%	$11,900
Temple University	Philadelphia	PA	Public	$54,415	80%	$28,198
North Carolina A & T State University	Greensboro	NC	Public	$52,948	50%	$10,846
Wichita State University	Wichita	KS	Public	$51,636	94%	$13,194
Stanford University	Stanford	CA	Private Nonprofit	$50,487	4%	$13,807
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Milwaukee	WI	Public	$50,472	91%	$15,014
University of Houston	Houston	TX	Public	$48,329	74%	$14,276
The University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington	TX	Public	$41,773	80%	$13,951
University of Michigan-Dearborn	Dearborn	MI	Public	$38,593	56%	$9,492

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