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 Northeastern University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in chem eng, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Northeastern was ranked #24 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for chem eng majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #2 in Massachusetts.
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Part-time undergraduates at Northeastern paid an average of $1,638 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,360 | $54,360 |
Fees | $1,092 | $1,092 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,480 | $17,480 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,800 | $1,800 |
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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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Northeastern in Chem Eng walked away with an average of $28,250 in student debt. That is 25% higher than the national average of $22,589.
chem eng who receive their bachelor’s degree from Northeastern make an average of $68,631 a year during the early days of their career. That is 9% higher than the national average of $62,713.
Northeastern does not offer an online option for its chem eng bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northeastern Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in chem eng in 2019-2020, 35.9% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 37.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 34.4% of the chem eng bachelor’s degrees at Northeastern in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 16 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 62 |
International Students | 14 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 16 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 128 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to chemical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Civil Engineering | 81 |
Computer Engineering | 109 |
Electrical Engineering | 84 |
Mechanical Engineering | 250 |
Industrial Engineering | 68 |
*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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