Chemical Engineering: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of chemical engineering graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 158 colleges. National median: $80,366, rising to $96,798 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$103,310	$122,093	—
2	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$99,320	$104,104	$24,125
3	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$93,355	$115,423	$15,438
4	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$91,414	$111,073	$19,725
5	University of Houston	TX	$90,666	$110,184	$23,605
6	Cornell University	NY	$90,501	$116,165	$13,500
7	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$89,950	$121,027	$16,167
8	University of Maine	ME	$88,587	$94,964	$22,509
9	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$88,450	$101,676	$19,500
10	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$88,013	$108,066	$13,936
11	Rice University	TX	$87,768	$113,605	—
12	Prairie View A & M University	TX	$87,407	$92,591	$23,246
13	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$87,085	$96,533	$24,250
14	Lehigh University	PA	$87,008	$101,720	$21,500
15	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$87,003	$109,551	$13,586
16	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$86,700	$114,226	$15,076
17	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$86,660	$104,514	$19,500
18	University of Florida	FL	$86,645	$109,607	$16,929
19	Lamar University	TX	$86,607	$101,018	$24,939
20	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$86,468	$98,341	$23,166
21	Auburn University	AL	$86,441	$106,726	$19,500
22	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$86,435	$98,557	$24,924
23	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$85,943	$100,375	—
24	Northeastern University	MA	$85,859	$107,767	$24,487
25	University of Southern California	CA	$85,467	$100,646	$16,500
26	Drexel University	PA	$85,445	$99,338	$29,000
27	Louisiana Tech University	LA	$84,930	$98,240	$26,500
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$84,872	$109,405	$19,048
29	Vanderbilt University	TN	$84,790	$121,641	—
30	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$84,660	$103,728	$26,973
31	University of Notre Dame	IN	$84,581	$113,614	$19,000
32	Colorado School of Mines	CO	$84,538	$94,598	$21,500
33	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$84,519	$98,851	$19,368
34	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$84,410	$104,317	$18,625
35	Michigan Technological University	MI	$84,271	$94,478	$27,000
36	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$84,195	$98,782	$27,000
37	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$84,090	$94,641	$27,000
38	University of North Dakota	ND	$84,038	$87,309	$25,000
39	University of Toledo	OH	$83,825	$94,065	$16,032
40	Tuskegee University	AL	$83,683	—	—
41	Howard University	DC	$83,455	$75,980	$21,726
42	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$83,334	$97,781	$27,000
43	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	NY	$83,073	$100,191	—
44	Wayne State University	MI	$83,065	$93,047	$30,500
45	Florida State University	FL	$82,975	$90,815	$13,976
46	Clarkson University	NY	$82,961	$93,614	$25,000
47	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$82,752	$94,972	$26,818
48	Brigham Young University	UT	$82,712	$101,726	$15,625
49	University of Rochester	NY	$82,642	$92,102	$19,000
50	University of Delaware	DE	$82,398	$103,910	$25,000
51	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$82,313	$113,317	$13,833
52	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$82,295	$110,378	$21,000
53	University of Arkansas	AR	$82,270	$93,641	$22,500
54	Clemson University	SC	$82,110	$92,098	$20,500
55	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$81,944	$105,724	$20,439
56	Mississippi State University	MS	$81,884	$95,968	$21,500
57	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$81,821	$90,279	$18,500
58	Northwestern University	IL	$81,577	$111,040	$16,640
59	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$81,536	$98,679	$25,000
60	University of Dayton	OH	$81,298	$97,184	$16,250
61	The University of Alabama	AL	$81,197	$100,857	$20,500
62	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$81,156	$97,324	$23,750
63	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$81,156	$97,324	$23,750
64	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$81,094	$100,199	$27,000
65	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$81,081	$93,264	$16,568
66	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$81,076	$102,849	$17,745
67	University of Idaho	ID	$81,029	$80,558	—
68	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$81,017	$97,990	$23,391
69	Tufts University	MA	$80,979	—	—
70	University of Rhode Island	RI	$80,878	$103,525	$17,670
71	CUNY City College	NY	$80,780	$88,659	—
72	Syracuse University	NY	$80,691	$87,529	—
73	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$80,661	$104,705	$19,500
74	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$80,594	$100,729	$20,500
75	Washington State University	WA	$80,564	$99,506	$23,365
76	University of California-Davis	CA	$80,469	$102,649	$12,224
77	Bucknell University	PA	$80,418	$99,536	$27,000
78	Youngstown State University	OH	$80,402	$89,150	—
79	Texas A&M University-Kingsville	TX	$80,366	$97,811	$21,548
80	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$80,172	$96,025	$25,000
81	University of South Alabama	AL	$80,148	$93,943	$21,500
82	Kansas State University	KS	$79,877	$92,068	$13,000
83	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$79,805	$97,220	$19,500
84	Kettering University	MI	$79,490	$103,868	$30,000
85	Texas Tech University	TX	$79,393	$99,747	$24,500
86	University of Arizona	AZ	$79,276	$101,815	$13,058
87	University of Louisville	KY	$79,218	$101,068	$20,000
88	Villanova University	PA	$79,208	$103,601	$27,000
89	Iowa State University	IA	$79,106	$92,773	$23,201
90	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$78,985	$91,547	$21,000
91	New York University	NY	$78,954	$89,744	$23,505
92	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$78,879	$106,011	$26,250
93	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$78,872	$109,537	$23,002
94	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$78,869	$98,244	$22,250
95	Oregon State University	OR	$78,780	$92,741	$21,333
96	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$78,780	$92,741	$21,333
97	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	$78,747	$94,686	$21,500
98	Michigan State University	MI	$78,729	$102,223	$21,500
99	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$78,579	$93,711	$27,000
100	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	NM	$78,562	$90,091	—
101	University of Connecticut	CT	$78,528	$87,267	$21,750
102	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$78,528	$87,267	$21,750
103	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$78,528	$87,267	$21,750
104	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$78,528	$87,267	$21,750
105	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$78,528	$87,267	$21,750
106	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$78,312	$102,149	$16,522
107	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$78,078	$92,946	$20,000
108	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$78,011	$94,291	$24,125
109	University of Wyoming	WY	$77,752	$81,629	—
110	University of Mississippi	MS	$77,391	$107,548	—
111	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$77,317	$95,780	$15,000
112	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	$77,286	$84,876	$25,000
113	University of Kentucky	KY	$76,969	$98,003	$18,000
114	Lafayette College	PA	$76,625	$115,726	—
115	Western Michigan University	MI	$76,468	$91,777	$24,199
116	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$76,250	$94,671	$7,500
117	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$76,123	$95,989	$18,362
118	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$76,101	$97,371	$21,500
119	University of Iowa	IA	$76,099	$97,329	$26,900
120	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$76,055	$96,810	—
121	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$76,028	$87,407	$15,000
122	University of Tulsa	OK	$75,696	$101,626	$23,438
123	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$75,613	$88,067	$27,000
124	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$75,563	$94,234	—
125	Trine University	IN	$75,477	$88,192	$27,000
126	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	LA	$75,273	$102,119	$22,750
127	University of Kansas	KS	$74,998	$93,391	$19,183
128	Rowan University	NJ	$74,808	$95,769	$20,500
129	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$74,688	$91,643	$21,000
130	University of Chicago	IL	$74,388	—	—
131	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$73,902	$85,667	$20,208
132	West Virginia University Institute of Technology	WV	$73,877	$96,503	$24,800
133	West Virginia University	WV	$73,877	$96,503	$24,800
134	University of South Florida	FL	$73,844	$94,387	$11,280
135	University of California-Irvine	CA	$73,766	$97,656	$15,500
136	University of Utah	UT	$73,651	$98,215	$22,375
137	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$73,603	$90,681	$22,508
138	University of California-Riverside	CA	$73,094	$91,457	$18,086
139	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$72,569	$85,990	$25,500
140	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$72,569	$85,990	$25,500
141	Ohio University-Southern Campus	OH	$72,569	$85,990	$25,500
142	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	OH	$72,569	$85,990	$25,500
143	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$72,569	$85,990	$25,500
144	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$72,569	$85,990	$25,500
145	Manhattan University	NY	$72,222	$96,134	$19,500
146	University at Buffalo	NY	$71,915	$95,424	$14,000
147	Cleveland State University	OH	$70,849	$81,185	$23,703
148	Montana State University	MT	$70,775	$87,590	$19,375
149	University of California-San Diego	CA	$70,446	$96,798	$16,090
150	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$70,366	$84,965	—
151	Tennessee Technological University	TN	$69,309	$91,580	$19,255
152	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$68,475	$92,523	$22,308
153	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$68,149	$97,271	$15,133
154	Widener University	PA	$65,508	$91,145	—
155	Stony Brook University	NY	$63,745	$88,593	$19,500
156	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	$60,876	$92,511	$25,667
157	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$53,851	$81,935	$27,000
158	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	PR	$49,717	$74,254	$7,250

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do chemical engineering graduates earn?

The median college reports $80,366 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and $96,798 four years after. The highest is $103,310 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

How much student debt do chemical engineering graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $21,548 at the typical college.