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Chemical engineering at Cornell

Cornell graduates about 44 chemical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 9th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a standout program at 88 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $116,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $17 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

88/100Standout#9 of 163 for chemical engineering →
Graduates a year441% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$116,0001.19× the same major nationally
Research in the field$17Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1550whole school

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Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 92
  2. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 91
  3. North Carolina State University 90
  4. University of California, Berkeley 89
  5. Purdue University–Main Campus 87
  6. Texas A&M University 87
  7. Northwestern University 86
  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison 85

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Cornell 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.

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