The main focus area for this major is Chemical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Chemical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Carnegie Mellon University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in chem eng, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. Carnegie Mellon is in the top 10% of the country for chem eng. More specifically it was ranked #10 out of 160 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #2 in Pennsylvania.
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Part-time undergraduates at Carnegie Mellon paid an average of $800 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,560 | $57,560 |
Fees | $925 | $925 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,550 | $15,550 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,400 | $1,400 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Chem Eng students who received their bachelor’s degree at Carnegie Mellon took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 20% higher than the national average of $22,589.
The median early career salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon is $77,401 per year. That is 23% higher than the national average of $62,713.
Online degrees for the Carnegie Mellon chem eng bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Carnegie Mellon Online Learning page.
About 57.5% of the students who received their BS in chem eng in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37.4%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in chem eng at Carnegie Mellon in 2019-2020, 45.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 18 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 40 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 26 |
Biomedical Engineering | 42 |
Civil Engineering | 25 |
Electrical Engineering | 140 |
Mechanical Engineering | 130 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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