Chemical engineering at Auburn
Auburn graduates about 84 chemical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 33rd of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a strong program at 74 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $107,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Auburn
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Gavin Engineering Research Laboratory, Shelby Center for Engineering Technology, Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center, Wilmore Laboratories, Davis Aerospace Engineering Hall, Woltosz Engineering Research Lab, National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Agricultural Engineering Anex, Chemistry Building, Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex, Sciences Center Laboratory.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 94 · Dorm 24 · Athletics 11 · Dining 4 · Library 3 · Fraternity or sorority house 2.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Auburn
- Languages 89 · #59
- Accounting 88 · #36
- Art, music & theater 87 · #52
- Marketing 87 · #33
- Engineering (all) 86 · #64
- Finance 84 · #48
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Auburn with every school we score in chemical engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.