WhatGradsMake

What Chemical Engineering grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $104,343 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Lamar UniversityTX$92,496$125,110$164,664+20%
2Texas A&M UniversityTX$92,210$124,690$164,792+20%
3University of Texas at AustinTX$95,701$120,123$160,391+15%
4Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$87,941$120,095$161,613+15%
5University of HoustonTX$89,177$116,759$157,331+12%
6Louisiana Tech UniversityLA$86,628$114,843$149,097+10%
7Texas Tech UniversityTX$89,416$114,357$157,303+10%
8Oklahoma State UniversityOK$93,321$113,771$146,060+9%
9Colorado School of MinesCO$80,126$112,328$141,397+8%
10Purdue UniversityIN$88,056$110,221$136,336+6%
11University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$84,927$109,958$145,556+5%
12University of VirginiaVA$83,397$108,167$145,997+4%
13Texas A&M University - KingsvilleTX$75,403$107,201$134,767+3%
14University of Louisiana at LafayetteLA$80,313$106,913$143,232+2%
15Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$82,659$106,531$132,620+2%
16Georgia Institute of TechnologyGA$86,105$106,251$138,830+2%
17University of OklahomaOK$84,696$105,975$137,075+2%
18University of MichiganMI$78,815$105,756$136,562+1%
19Arizona State UniversityAZ$75,972$105,377$134,040+1%
20Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityVA$83,490$105,085$133,776+1%
21University of Arizona (The)AZ$81,342$105,068$139,384+1%
22University of AlabamaAL$78,349$104,648$133,3550%
23Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical UniversityTX$81,510$104,538$117,1000%
24University of CincinnatiOH$83,582$104,343$133,1320%
25Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIN$86,633$103,397-1%
26North Carolina State UniversityNC$81,677$101,678$125,996-3%
27University of Wisconsin - MadisonWI$81,049$101,521$131,400-3%
28University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$79,671$101,435$131,269-3%
29University of Colorado BoulderCO$72,543$101,205$130,717-3%
30University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$74,267$101,184$135,513-3%
31South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologySD$84,409$101,165$127,840-3%
32West Virginia University - Institute of TechnologyWV$72,896$101,115$124,613-3%
33Clemson UniversitySC$82,512$100,908$123,974-3%
34Ohio State University (The)OH$79,507$100,878$131,630-3%
35Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$78,109$100,076$125,812-4%
36University of UtahUT$79,525$100,066$118,055-4%
37Miami UniversityOH$79,247$99,928$123,601-4%
38University of Massachusetts - LowellMA$73,365$99,674$122,364-4%
39University of South Carolina - ColumbiaSC$78,121$99,316$123,953-5%
40University of IowaIA$73,872$99,144$125,175-5%
41Oregon State UniversityOR$77,343$98,926$123,429-5%
42Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMO$79,517$98,639$122,749-5%
43University of ConnecticutCT$76,468$97,739$127,603-6%
44University of Minnesota DuluthMN$76,283$97,617$126,703-6%
45University of MaineME$79,142$97,497$118,911-7%
46State University of New York at Stony BrookNY$67,768$96,975$130,533-7%
47University of ToledoOH$75,076$96,791$122,350-7%
48Ohio UniversityOH$73,038$96,177$119,974-8%
49University of New HavenCT$71,212$95,724-8%
50University of Akron (The)OH$78,315$95,609$121,736-8%
51West Virginia UniversityWV$81,126$95,502$121,240-8%
52University of WyomingWY$71,298$95,378$133,227-9%
53University of Illinois ChicagoIL$71,408$95,343$119,554-9%
54Montana State University BozemanMT$70,870$95,322$127,637-9%
55University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$76,305$93,995$129,732-10%
56Hampton UniversityVA$66,338$92,948$105,332-11%
57Trine UniversityIN$73,641$92,467-11%
58Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA$75,035$92,146$115,217-12%
59North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityNC$74,015$91,987$108,926-12%
60University of Alabama in HuntsvilleAL$72,585$91,987$117,305-12%
61Colorado State UniversityCO$67,958$91,853$118,204-12%
62State University of New York at BuffaloNY$63,296$90,562$114,448-13%
63Cleveland State UniversityOH$67,723$90,301$112,107-13%
64City College of New York - CUNYNY$62,378$89,221$114,157-14%
65Youngstown State UniversityOH$68,802$88,588$96,422-15%
66University of Wisconsin - Stevens PointWI$85,927

Associate

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Northeastern Oklahoma A & M CollegeOK$72,585
2Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$41,244

Certificate (under 1 year)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of Akron (The)OH$79,276$97,031
2Ohio UniversityOH$70,135$94,789