by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 - Berkeley. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in chem eng, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $26,544 |
| Fees | $2,803 | $2,803 |
The median early career salary of chem eng students who receive their master’s degree from UC Berkeley is $67,660 per year. That is 9% lower than the national average of $74,100.
Online degrees for the UC Berkeley chem eng master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UC Berkeley Online Learning page.
Women made up around 32.5% of the chem eng students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 32.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 27.5% of the chem eng master’s degrees at UC Berkeley in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 20%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 25 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | 40 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to chemical engineering.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Engineering | 8 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 65 |
| Civil Engineering | 227 |
| Electrical Engineering | 187 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 148 |
*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.