Chemical Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #70 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Kansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 131 degrees in chemical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Kansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the chem eng degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat University of Kansas if you want to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the chem eng program state that they receive average early career income of $65,436.
Kansas State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Those chemical engineering students who get their degree from Kansas State University earn $3,172 more than the typical chem eng student.
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).
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