Chemical Engineering Degree Salaries by University

Source: US Dept. of Education, 2022


id University Degree Major Y1 Earnings Y2 Earnings Y3 Earnings Y4 Earnings Control
1 Rice University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $83,127 $83,915 $92,763 $108,850 Private, nonprofit
2 University of California-Berkeley Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,816 $80,718 $91,435 $108,067 Public
3 University of Pennsylvania Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,376 $74,576 $95,292 $107,816 Private, nonprofit
4 Lamar University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $81,769 $71,015 $89,198 $107,127 Public
5 Columbia University in the City of New York Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $48,465 $75,204 $91,727 $105,514 Private, nonprofit
6 Cornell University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $84,124 $83,351 $89,983 $105,514 Private, nonprofit
7 Texas A & M University-College Station Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $81,374 $80,669 $95,309 $105,292 Public
8 Carnegie Mellon University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $84,984 $75,432 $88,727 $102,617 Private, nonprofit
9 University of Tulsa Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $64,312 $67,660 $86,753 $101,924 Private, nonprofit
10 Bucknell University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,361 $76,460 $80,333 $101,352 Private, nonprofit
11 Northwestern University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $63,622 $79,688 $85,168 $100,444 Private, nonprofit
12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $82,849 $80,964 $92,657 $99,799 Private, nonprofit
13 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $84,333 $76,460 $87,944 $99,522 Public
14 Brigham Young University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,134 $76,460 $86,347 $99,093 Private, nonprofit
15 Tufts University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. PrivacySuppressed $73,635 $83,832 $97,631 Private, nonprofit
16 Kansas State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $72,014 $70,456 $81,885 $97,457 Public
17 University of Notre Dame Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $77,114 $76,460 $87,393 $96,794 Private, nonprofit
18 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,015 $70,176 $86,071 $96,261 Public
19 Vanderbilt University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $76,636 $73,446 $86,997 $96,178 Private, nonprofit
20 The University of Texas at Austin Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $84,320 $82,830 $89,285 $95,916 Public
21 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $79,568 $69,757 $81,552 $94,710 Public
22 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $67,841 $63,501 $77,826 $94,160 Public
23 San Jose State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. PrivacySuppressed $55,512 $83,774 $93,875 Public
24 University of Arkansas Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,691 $78,343 $78,844 $93,785 Public
25 University of Virginia-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $79,093 $72,605 $78,114 $93,745 Public
26 Auburn University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $80,243 $74,576 $83,134 $93,708 Public
27 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $78,022 $74,279 $87,314 $93,416 Public
28 University of Colorado Boulder Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $62,410 $65,937 $77,440 $93,146 Public
29 Lehigh University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,610 $74,200 $86,360 $93,093 Private, nonprofit
30 Stony Brook University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $60,236 $60,094 $69,431 $93,060 Public
31 Washington University in St Louis Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $72,563 $61,516 PrivacySuppressed $92,896 Private, nonprofit
32 University of Wisconsin-Madison Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $79,274 $73,378 $84,023 $92,813 Public
33 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $78,747 $74,307 $83,219 $92,771 Public
34 University of California-Los Angeles Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,856 $63,005 $79,621 $92,741 Public
35 Texas Tech University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $76,395 $69,338 $80,178 $92,466 Public
36 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,373 $61,020 $79,938 $92,357 Public
37 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $78,766 $75,104 $81,766 $92,027 Public
38 Johns Hopkins University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $42,542 PrivacySuppressed $73,684 $91,987 Private, nonprofit
39 Syracuse University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,365 $61,516 PrivacySuppressed $91,957 Private, nonprofit
40 University of Florida Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $79,611 $73,145 $80,312 $91,729 Public
41 Villanova University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $67,595 $68,499 $78,032 $91,386 Private, nonprofit
42 Mississippi State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,425 $74,307 $82,587 $91,204 Public
43 Northeastern University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,228 $72,022 $79,602 $91,084 Private, nonprofit
44 University of Louisville Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,929 $77,715 $80,758 $90,870 Public
45 University of California-Davis Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $64,316 $62,409 $80,061 $90,820 Public
46 University of Dayton Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,466 $72,274 $78,310 $90,775 Private, nonprofit
47 Drexel University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $68,598 $71,661 $82,555 $90,679 Private, nonprofit
48 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,487 $69,338 $78,506 $90,212 Private, nonprofit
49 University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $72,329 $68,422 $78,240 $90,120 Public
50 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $72,329 $68,422 $78,240 $90,120 Public
51 University of Southern California Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $60,954 $60,546 $76,775 $89,986 Private, nonprofit
52 Stevens Institute of Technology Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $72,370 $68,499 $81,346 $89,971 Private, nonprofit
53 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $77,661 $73,272 $82,738 $89,909 Public
54 Wayne State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $66,581 $76,460 $79,412 $89,339 Public
55 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,588 $79,473 $84,659 $89,329 Private, nonprofit
56 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,083 $72,881 $79,662 $89,036 Private, nonprofit
57 New Mexico State University-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. PrivacySuppressed $58,673 $69,035 $88,962 Public
58 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,443 $68,305 $76,397 $88,952 Public
59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,995 $70,176 $79,071 $88,515 Public
60 University of South Alabama Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,214 $61,516 $74,579 $88,406 Public
61 Miami University-Oxford Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $69,122 $66,541 $74,935 $88,171 Public
62 Ohio State University-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,457 $69,561 $78,459 $88,132 Public
63 University of North Dakota Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,100 $66,325 $79,432 $88,123 Public
64 Clemson University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $69,607 $74,721 $78,362 $88,071 Public
65 University of Houston Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $80,391 $55,512 $75,789 $87,883 Public
66 Clarkson University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,952 $68,858 $78,529 $87,851 Private, nonprofit
67 New York University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $46,570 $56,641 $69,790 $87,775 Private, nonprofit
68 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $64,953 $68,079 $78,768 $87,747 Public
69 Iowa State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,069 $67,156 $76,113 $87,688 Public
70 Michigan State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,186 $71,351 $76,388 $87,528 Public
71 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,453 $73,145 $78,812 $87,418 Public
72 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,453 $73,145 $78,812 $87,418 Public
73 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,453 $73,145 $78,812 $87,418 Public
74 The Pennsylvania State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,453 $73,145 $78,812 $87,418 Public
75 University of California-Santa Barbara Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,412 $59,485 $73,916 $87,132 Public
76 Florida State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $69,207 $68,305 $78,263 $87,015 Public
77 Prairie View A & M University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $56,042 $70,009 $71,448 $86,785 Public
78 Texas A & M University-Kingsville Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $56,993 $47,260 $78,762 $86,698 Public
79 Lafayette College Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,793 $68,379 $80,306 $86,678 Private, nonprofit
80 The University of Alabama Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,928 $67,995 $76,372 $86,590 Public
81 Widener University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $64,921 $67,660 $74,855 $86,464 Private, nonprofit
82 Illinois Institute of Technology Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $64,801 $62,012 $71,785 $86,454 Private, nonprofit
83 Michigan Technological University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,544 $70,536 $79,370 $86,338 Public
84 University of Delaware Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,642 $66,401 $73,424 $86,289 Public
85 University of South Carolina-Columbia Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,116 $70,680 $79,846 $86,093 Public
86 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,147 $53,179 $77,413 $85,991 Public
87 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $59,022 $63,600 $75,222 $85,876 Public
88 University of Arizona Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,951 $61,218 $70,543 $85,855 Public
89 University of Missouri-Columbia Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $67,926 $62,012 $79,424 $85,468 Public
90 Purdue University-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $77,988 $69,897 $79,174 $85,260 Public
91 Missouri University of Science and Technology Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $69,539 $69,170 $79,513 $85,206 Public
92 University of California-San Diego Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $59,082 $52,464 $68,325 $85,181 Public
93 University of Rochester Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $71,330 $64,493 PrivacySuppressed $85,039 Private, nonprofit
94 Ohio University-Eastern Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $57,065 PrivacySuppressed $68,637 $84,847 Public
95 Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $57,065 PrivacySuppressed $68,637 $84,847 Public
96 Ohio University-Southern Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $57,065 PrivacySuppressed $68,637 $84,847 Public
97 Ohio University-Lancaster Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $57,065 PrivacySuppressed $68,637 $84,847 Public
98 Ohio University-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $57,065 $57,318 $68,637 $84,847 Public
99 Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $57,065 PrivacySuppressed $68,637 $84,847 Public
100 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $67,549 $58,303 $73,612 $84,792 Public
101 University of Maine Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,919 $72,509 $80,767 $84,073 Public
102 The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $68,445 $67,324 $70,983 $84,045 Public
103 University of Toledo Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,479 $72,742 $81,431 $84,004 Public
104 Tulane University of Louisiana Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $72,107 $69,338 $75,677 $83,929 Private, nonprofit
105 Trine University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. PrivacySuppressed $69,338 $73,460 $83,801 Private, nonprofit
106 Virginia Commonwealth University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,361 $55,964 $71,456 $83,657 Public
107 University of Connecticut Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,077 $66,989 $74,243 $83,620 Public
108 University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,077 $66,989 $74,243 $83,620 Public
109 University of Connecticut-Avery Point Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,077 $66,989 $74,243 $83,620 Public
110 University of Connecticut-Stamford Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,077 $66,989 $74,243 $83,620 Public
111 University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,077 $66,989 $74,243 $83,620 Public
112 Case Western Reserve University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $76,683 $66,325 $71,137 $83,342 Private, nonprofit
113 Youngstown State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $62,477 $75,204 $76,207 $82,878 Public
114 Manhattan College Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,508 $67,324 $71,123 $82,737 Private, nonprofit
115 University of California-Irvine Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $57,131 $52,107 $74,922 $82,714 Public
116 University of Wyoming Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $56,719 $47,260 $63,163 $82,706 Public
117 University of Rhode Island Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,481 $61,064 $71,291 $82,506 Public
118 Colorado School of Mines Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $69,226 $64,865 $78,404 $82,472 Public
119 University of Kansas Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $69,467 $59,722 $72,306 $82,447 Public
120 University of Idaho Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $59,723 $68,499 $73,393 $82,397 Public
121 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $75,112 $70,456 $84,425 $82,349 Public
122 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,442 $66,653 $77,746 $82,312 Public
123 Washington State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $59,967 $64,121 $74,900 $82,308 Public
124 West Virginia University Institute of Technology Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $69,752 $62,012 $77,273 $81,841 Public
125 West Virginia University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $69,752 $62,012 $77,273 $81,841 Public
126 University of Akron Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $68,918 $71,015 $77,559 $81,813 Public
127 Tennessee Technological University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $63,237 $59,576 $62,052 $81,456 Public
128 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $78,249 $60,771 $70,395 $81,439 Public
129 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $63,710 $66,821 $71,063 $80,864 Public
130 Rowan University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $60,969 $57,318 $70,490 $80,749 Public
131 Rochester Institute of Technology Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,071 $69,338 $74,579 $80,721 Private, nonprofit
132 University of Utah Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,510 $65,894 $73,917 $80,643 Public
133 University of California-Riverside Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $51,654 $49,464 $66,365 $80,354 Public
134 Rutgers University-New Brunswick Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $57,432 $53,894 $71,583 $80,163 Public
135 University at Buffalo Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $63,368 $42,682 $63,241 $79,817 Public
136 University of Iowa Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $68,913 $64,990 $71,106 $79,778 Public
137 Oregon State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $61,019 $63,600 $68,438 $79,686 Public
138 Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $61,019 $63,600 $68,438 $79,686 Public
139 University of Maryland-College Park Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,310 $63,005 $72,968 $79,654 Public
140 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $61,613 $53,358 $65,772 $79,607 Public
141 Tuskegee University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,631 $66,821 $72,846 $79,332 Private, nonprofit
142 University of New Mexico-Main Campus Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $70,006 $57,318 PrivacySuppressed $78,992 Public
143 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $73,698 $59,124 $72,622 $78,642 Public
144 University of Minnesota-Duluth Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $66,339 $62,012 $70,314 $78,630 Public
145 New Jersey Institute of Technology Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $64,322 $54,646 $69,008 $78,403 Public
146 University of South Florida Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $68,446 $58,898 $71,177 $78,184 Public
147 University of Illinois Chicago Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $56,581 $60,714 $70,631 $77,771 Public
148 Cleveland State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $66,079 $60,061 $71,065 $77,355 Public
149 Western Michigan University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $63,888 $63,005 $65,226 $75,501 Public
150 University of Kentucky Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $65,865 $67,324 $71,995 $74,477 Public
151 California State University-Long Beach Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $46,035 $58,221 $62,444 $74,366 Public
152 North Carolina A & T State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $74,901 $61,064 $68,594 $73,527 Public
153 University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $50,618 $54,463 $61,675 $73,485 Public
154 Montana State University Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $59,139 $41,565 $53,365 $59,761 Public
155 Milwaukee School of Engineering Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $50,541 $41,193 $50,474 $55,252 Private, nonprofit
156 CUNY City College Bachelors Degree Chemical Engineering. $60,783 $35,416 $43,931 $54,776 Public
157 University of Colorado Boulder Bachelors Degree Biochemical Engineering. $58,688 $64,196 $71,035 $83,236 Public
158 University of California-Berkeley Masters Degree Chemical Engineering. $85,689 $72,482 $86,024 $119,390 Public
159 Arizona State University Campus Immersion Masters Degree Chemical Engineering. $87,116 $77,401 $94,702 $104,169 Public
160 Drexel University Masters Degree Chemical Engineering. $78,015 PrivacySuppressed PrivacySuppressed $94,275 Private, nonprofit
161 Cornell University Masters Degree Chemical Engineering. PrivacySuppressed $75,518 $86,610 $92,703 Private, nonprofit
162 Weill Medical College of Cornell University Masters Degree Chemical Engineering. PrivacySuppressed $75,518 $86,610 $92,703 Private, nonprofit
163 Manhattan College Masters Degree Chemical Engineering. PrivacySuppressed PrivacySuppressed $73,327 $77,352 Private, nonprofit
164 University of Colorado Boulder Bachelors Degree Biochemical Engineering. $58,688 $64,196 $71,035 $83,236 Public

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