2025 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Virginia
3Colleges in Virginia
193Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
$73,817Avg Early-Career Salary
Chemical Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #70 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 193 degrees in chemical engineering to qualified students.
The chem eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Chemical Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for chemical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the chem eng degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Virginia Tech if you wish to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. This school ranks 2nd out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 77 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available. Those chemical engineering students who get their degree from Virginia Tech make $8,565 more than the standard chem eng grad.
It's difficult to beat University of Virginia - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #35 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 58 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available. Chemical Engineering degree recipients from University of Virginia - Main Campus get an earnings boost of around $11,955 over the average income of chemical engineering majors.
Any student pursuing a degree in chemical engineering needs to look into Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond. This university ranks 8th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 55 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year. Chemical Engineering degree recipients from Virginia Commonwealth University receive an earnings boost of around $5,904 over the average income of chemical engineering majors.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The chem eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Chemical Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for chemical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
