Ranked #28 in popularity, chemical engineering is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 doctor's degrees in chemical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 full 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chemical Engineering in the New England Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in chemical engineering.
Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Chem Eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a good option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
After graduating, chem eng doctorate recipients typically make around $138,391 in their early careers.
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).
