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2025 Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

50 Colleges in the United States
1,556 Master's Degrees
$92,506 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on getting your master's degree in chemical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #85 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 50 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of chemical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 1,556 master's degrees in chemical engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Chemical Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools Your choice of chemical engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

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

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 master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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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 Master's Degree Schools.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Chemical Engineering in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in chemical engineering. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Schools for a Master's in Chem Eng

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26 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in chemical engineering. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Stanford University
Stanford, CA
22 Annual Graduates

Stanford University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in chemical engineering. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Stanford University

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9 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in chemical engineering has to check out Northwestern University. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Northwestern University

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32 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in chemical engineering needs to check out University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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30 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Johns Hopkins University

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35 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

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Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those chemical engineering students who get their master's degree from Columbia University in the City of New York make $3,446 more than the standard chem eng graduate.

More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York

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56 Annual Graduates

Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Cornell University

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17 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
32 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from University of Pennsylvania

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Chemical Engineering students that almost earned our Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Atlanta, GA
12 Rice University Houston, TX

Chemical Engineering by Region

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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 1,494
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering 62

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 7,060
Mechanical Engineering 6,953
Civil Engineering 4,453
Computer Engineering 3,890
Biomedical Engineering 3,217
General Engineering 2,655
Systems Engineering 2,159
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,080
Industrial Engineering 1,732
Other Engineering 1,414

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