2025 Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 85 master's degrees in chemical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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

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 colleges for chemical engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Chemical Engineering Schools

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 the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in chemical engineering.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Chem Eng

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

27 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in chemical engineering. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

21 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in chemical engineering. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	49
Minnesota	174	9
Iowa	154	6
Kansas	149	8
Nebraska	123	1
North Dakota	115	4
South Dakota	89	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Chem Eng

Chemical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Chem Eng Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering	85

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	281
Mechanical Engineering	276
Civil Engineering	211
Biomedical Engineering	209
Industrial Engineering	137
Computer Engineering	109
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	87
General Engineering	85
Geoscience Engineering	67
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	66

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.