2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Illinois

A master's degree in chemical engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #77 out of 326 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 81 master's degrees in chemical engineering to qualified students.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in chem eng matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Illinois ranking.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality chemical engineering program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for chemical engineering.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Chemical Engineering in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in chemical engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Chem Eng Students Working on Their Master's

1

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

45 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Illinois Institute of Technology is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in chemical engineering. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in chemical engineering in Illinois.

There were approximately 45 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent data year.

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2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

13 Annual Master's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Illinois at Chicago if you wish to pursue a master's degree in chemical engineering. UIC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Chicago. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for master's degrees in chemical engineering in Illinois.

There were roughly 13 chemical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.

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3

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

10 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in chemical engineering has to check out University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in chemical engineering in Illinois.

There were about 10 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

9 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in chemical engineering has to check out Northwestern University. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in chemical engineering in Illinois.

There were roughly 9 chemical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

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5

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

4 Annual Master's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

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

There were approximately 4 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent data year.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	203	66
Ohio	195	106
Indiana	181	47
Wisconsin	166	1

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Chemical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Chemical Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Chem Eng Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering	77
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	4

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	419
Civil Engineering	322
Mechanical Engineering	281
Other Engineering	132
Industrial Engineering	129
Biomedical Engineering	98
Operations Research	66
Computer Engineering	62
Materials Engineering	45
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	35

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.