2024 Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Ranked #40 in popularity, chemical engineering is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for chemical engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 161 bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on chemical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of chemical engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized chemical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for chemical engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Chemical Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Chemical Engineering in North Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Chem Eng

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

141 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering needs to check out North Carolina State University. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University

2

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

North Carolina A & T State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. Located in the city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from North Carolina A & T State University

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Chemical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	308
Tennessee	460	241
Georgia	453	185
Virginia	421	194
South Carolina	370	138
Kentucky	331	124
Alabama	320	346
Louisiana	306	217
Arkansas	294	75
Mississippi	275	128
West Virginia	223	52

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Rankings in Majors Related to Chem Eng

One of 2 majors within the Chemical Engineering area of study, Chemical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Chem Eng

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova. More about our data sources and methodologies.