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 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of chemical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 102 master's degrees in chemical engineering to qualified students.
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
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on chemical engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of chemical engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt chemical engineering students go into to obtain their master'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 schools for chemical engineering students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Chemical Engineering in New Jersey
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in chemical engineering.
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in chemical engineering needs to check out Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduating, chem eng master's recipients usually earn about $90,181 in their early careers.
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a great option for students pursuing a master's degree in chemical engineering. NJIT is a large public school located in the large city of Newark.
Students who graduate with their master's from the chem eng program state that they receive average early career wages of $92,412.
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).
