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Bachelor's · Engineering

Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's): earnings by school

164 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$80,269
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$96,798
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$21,524
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 159 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $91,580 and $102,119. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA$103,310$122,093—
Vanderbilt University TN$84,790$121,641—
University of California-Berkeley CA$89,950$121,027$16,167
Cornell University NY$90,501$116,165$13,500
Lafayette College PA$76,625$115,726—
The University of Texas at Austin TX$93,355$115,423$15,438
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$86,700$114,226$15,076
University of Notre Dame IN$84,581$113,614$19,000
Rice University TX$87,768$113,605—
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$82,313$113,317$13,833
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$91,414$111,073$19,725
Northwestern University IL$81,577$111,040$16,640
Carnegie Mellon University PA$82,295$110,378$21,000
University of Houston TX$90,666$110,184$23,605
University of Pennsylvania PA—$109,884—
University of Florida FL$86,645$109,607$16,929
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$87,003$109,551$13,586
North Carolina A & T State University NC$78,872$109,537$23,002
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$84,872$109,405$19,048
University of California-Los Angeles CA$88,013$108,066$13,936
Washington University in St Louis MO—$107,843—
Northeastern University MA$85,859$107,767$24,487
University of Mississippi MS$77,391$107,548—
Auburn University AL$86,441$106,726$19,500
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA$78,879$106,011$26,250
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$81,944$105,724$20,439
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$80,661$104,705$19,500
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$86,660$104,514$19,500
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$84,410$104,317$18,625
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA$99,320$104,104$24,125
University of Delaware DE$82,398$103,910$25,000
Kettering University MI$79,490$103,868$30,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$84,660$103,728$26,973
Villanova University PA$79,208$103,601$27,000
University of Rhode Island RI$80,878$103,525$17,670
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA$81,076$102,849$17,745
University of California-Davis CA$80,469$102,649$12,224
Michigan State University MI$78,729$102,223$21,500
University of Maryland-College Park MD$78,312$102,149$16,522
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA$75,273$102,119$22,750
University of Arizona AZ$79,276$101,815$13,058
Brigham Young University UT$82,712$101,726$15,625
Lehigh University PA$87,008$101,720$21,500
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$88,450$101,676$19,500
University of Tulsa OK$75,696$101,626$23,438
University of Louisville KY$79,218$101,068$20,000
Lamar University TX$86,607$101,018$24,939
The University of Alabama AL$81,197$100,857$20,500
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$80,594$100,729$20,500
University of Southern California CA$85,467$100,646$16,500
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point WI$85,943$100,375—
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA$81,094$100,199$27,000
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY$83,073$100,191—
Texas Tech University TX$79,393$99,747$24,500
Bucknell University PA$80,418$99,536$27,000
Washington State University WA$80,564$99,506$23,365
Drexel University PA$85,445$99,338$29,000
Florida Institute of Technology FL—$99,312$25,250
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$84,519$98,851$19,368
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ$84,195$98,782$27,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY$81,536$98,679$25,000
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK$86,435$98,557$24,924
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN$86,468$98,341$23,166
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$78,869$98,244$22,250
Louisiana Tech University LA$84,930$98,240$26,500
University of Utah UT$73,651$98,215$22,375
University of Kentucky KY$76,969$98,003$18,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$81,017$97,990$23,391
Texas A&M University-Kingsville TX$80,366$97,811$21,548
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$83,334$97,781$27,000
University of California-Irvine CA$73,766$97,656$15,500
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ$76,101$97,371$21,500
University of Iowa IA$76,099$97,329$26,900
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown PA$81,156$97,324$23,750
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$81,156$97,324$23,750
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$68,149$97,271$15,133
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$79,805$97,220$19,500
University of Dayton OH$81,298$97,184$16,250
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM$76,055$96,810—
University of California-San Diego CA$70,446$96,798$16,090
Case Western Reserve University OH$87,085$96,533$24,250
West Virginia University Institute of Technology WV$73,877$96,503$24,800
West Virginia University WV$73,877$96,503$24,800
Manhattan University NY$72,222$96,134$19,500
Miami University-Oxford OH$80,172$96,025$25,000
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$76,123$95,989$18,362
Mississippi State University MS$81,884$95,968$21,500
University of Colorado Boulder CO$77,317$95,780$15,000
Rowan University NJ$74,808$95,769$20,500
University at Buffalo NY$71,915$95,424$14,000
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA$82,752$94,972$26,818
University of Maine ME$88,587$94,964$22,509
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO$78,747$94,686$21,500
Johns Hopkins University MD$76,250$94,671$7,500
Rochester Institute of Technology NY$84,090$94,641$27,000
Colorado School of Mines CO$84,538$94,598$21,500
Michigan Technological University MI$84,271$94,478$27,000
University of South Florida FL$73,844$94,387$11,280
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$78,011$94,291$24,125
University of Toledo OH$83,825$94,065$16,032
University of South Alabama AL$80,148$93,943$21,500
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH$78,579$93,711$27,000
University of Arkansas AR$82,270$93,641$22,500
Clarkson University NY$82,961$93,614$25,000
University of Kansas KS$74,998$93,391$19,183
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$81,081$93,264$16,568
Wayne State University MI$83,065$93,047$30,500
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$78,078$92,946$20,000
Iowa State University IA$79,106$92,773$23,201
Oregon State University OR$78,780$92,741$21,333
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR$78,780$92,741$21,333
Prairie View A & M University TX$87,407$92,591$23,246
California State University-Long Beach CA$68,475$92,523$22,308
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN$60,876$92,511$25,667
University of Rochester NY$82,642$92,102$19,000
Clemson University SC$82,110$92,098$20,500
Kansas State University KS$79,877$92,068$13,000
Western Michigan University MI$76,468$91,777$24,199
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$74,688$91,643$21,000
Tennessee Technological University TN$69,309$91,580$19,255
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD$78,985$91,547$21,000
University of California-Riverside CA$73,094$91,457$18,086
Widener University PA$65,508$91,145—
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD—$90,845$22,021
Florida State University FL$82,975$90,815$13,976
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL$73,603$90,681$22,508
University of Akron Main Campus OH$81,821$90,279$18,500
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$78,562$90,091—
New York University NY$78,954$89,744$23,505
Youngstown State University OH$80,402$89,150—
CUNY City College NY$80,780$88,659—
Stony Brook University NY$63,745$88,593$19,500
Trine University IN$75,477$88,192$27,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$75,613$88,067$27,000
Montana State University MT$70,775$87,590$19,375
Syracuse University NY$80,691$87,529—
University of Illinois Chicago IL$76,028$87,407$15,000
University of North Dakota ND$84,038$87,309$25,000
University of Connecticut CT$78,528$87,267$21,750
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$78,528$87,267$21,750
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$78,528$87,267$21,750
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$78,528$87,267$21,750
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$78,528$87,267$21,750
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH$72,569$85,990$25,500
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH$72,569$85,990$25,500
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH$72,569$85,990$25,500
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH$72,569$85,990$25,500
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$72,569$85,990$25,500
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH$72,569$85,990$25,500
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM—$85,900—
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN$73,902$85,667$20,208
University of New Haven CT—$85,269—
University of Nevada-Reno NV$70,366$84,965—
Illinois Institute of Technology IL$77,286$84,876$25,000
Tuskegee University AL$83,683——
Howard University DC$83,455—$21,726
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI$53,851$81,935$27,000
University of Wyoming WY$77,752$81,629—
Cleveland State University OH$70,849$81,185$23,703
Tufts University MA$80,979——
University of Idaho ID$81,029$80,558—
Tulane University of Louisiana LA$75,563——
University of Chicago IL$74,388——
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR$49,717$74,254$7,250