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 University of California - Los Angeles. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in chem eng, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UCLA was ranked #32 on College Factual's Best Schools for chem eng list. It is also ranked #5 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCLA.
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 | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $1,807 | $1,807 |
Books and Supplies | $1,314 | $1,314 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,599 | $17,599 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,625 | $4,625 |
Learn more about UCLA tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Chem Eng students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCLA took out an average of $15,000 in student loans. That is 34% lower than the national average of $22,589.
The median early career salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCLA is $60,061 per year. That is 4% lower than the national average of $62,713.
UCLA 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 UCLA Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in chem eng in 2019-2020, 41.9% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37.4%.
Around 62.2% of chem eng bachelor’s degree recipients at UCLA in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 28 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 20 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 74 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to chemical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 56 |
Biomedical Engineering | 63 |
Civil Engineering | 87 |
Computer Engineering | 72 |
Electrical Engineering | 155 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.