If you pursue a degree in chemical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #64 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Indiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 381 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 Indiana 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.
University of Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 88 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 237 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Terre Haute.
There were about 35 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Trine University if you want to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the town of Angola, Trine is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 24th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 21 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Trine in the most recent year we have data available.
Chemical Engineering is one of 2 different types of Chemical Engineering programs to choose from.
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).
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