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 Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. 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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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Pitt was ranked #48 on College Factual's Best Schools for chem eng list. It is also ranked #7 in Pennsylvania.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Pitt paid an average of $1,360 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $776 per credit hour. 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 | $18,628 | $32,656 |
Fees | $1,050 | $1,050 |
Books and Supplies | $716 | $716 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,250 | $11,250 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,502 | $3,502 |
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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 Pitt 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 Pitt is $70,221 per year. That is 12% higher than the national average of $62,713.
Online degrees for the Pitt 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 Pitt Online Learning page.
About 45.4% 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 Pitt in 2019-2020, 14.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 10 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 74 |
International Students | 8 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 97 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biomedical Engineering | 69 |
Civil Engineering | 64 |
Computer Engineering | 74 |
Electrical Engineering | 70 |
Engineering Science | 3 |
*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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