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 Connecticut. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in chem eng, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, 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 UCONN was ranked #57 on College Factual's Best Schools for chem eng list. It is also ranked #1 in Connecticut.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCONN.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UCONN paid an average of $1,545 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $601 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $14,406 | $37,074 |
Fees | $3,428 | $3,428 |
Books and Supplies | $950 | $950 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,258 | $13,258 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,032 | $3,032 |
Learn more about UCONN tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Chem Eng students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCONN took out an average of $22,500 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $22,589.
The median early career salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCONN is $63,997 per year. That is 2% higher than the national average of $62,713.
UCONN 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 UCONN Online Learning page.
About 36.6% of the students who received their BS in chem eng in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 37.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 29.0% of the chem eng bachelor’s degrees at UCONN in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 11 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 61 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 93 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to chemical engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biomedical Engineering | 106 |
Civil Engineering | 89 |
Computer Engineering | 84 |
Electrical Engineering | 89 |
Engineering Physics | 15 |
*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.