2025 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in New Mexico
3Colleges in New Mexico
129Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
Ranked #64 in popularity, chemical engineering is one of the most sought-after 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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for chemical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 129 degrees in chemical engineering annually.
Your choice of chemical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Chemical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The chem eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Chemical Engineering Schools in New Mexico.
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Best Schools for Chemical Engineering in New Mexico
The schools below may not offer all types of chem eng degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a good option for students interested in a degree in chemical engineering. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque. A Best Colleges rank of #608 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNM is a great university overall.
There were roughly 61 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in chemical engineering has to look into New Mexico State University - Main Campus. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces. This university ranks 11th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 46 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the remote town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 7th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 21 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at New Mexico Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
One of 2 majors within the Chemical Engineering area of study, Chemical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
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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Your choice of chemical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Chemical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
