2025 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Chemical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #28 most popular major in the country. 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 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for chemical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 doctor's degrees in chemical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to chemical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other chemical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt chemical engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chemical Engineering in Maryland

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for chemical engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Doctorate in Chem Eng

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

20 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Johns Hopkins University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

15 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from University of Maryland - College Park

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	73
New York	174	74
New Jersey	115	32
Delaware	53	19

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Chemical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Chemical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Chem Eng Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering	36

Majors Similar to Chem Eng

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	60
Mechanical Engineering	60
Biomedical Engineering	44
Civil Engineering	27
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	19
Materials Engineering	17
General Engineering	13
Environmental Engineering	7
Computer Engineering	4
Robotics Engineering	4

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.