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Chemical engineering at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech graduates about 176 chemical engineering majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 4th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $104,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $41 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

93/100Standout#4 of 163 for chemical engineering →
Graduates a year1764% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$104,0001.07× the same major nationally
Research in the field$41Ma year, NSF
Admit rate13%whole school
SAT middle 50%1370–1530whole school

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Where chemical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Broadband Institute Residential Laboratory, Rodger A. and Helen B. Krone Engineered Biosystems Building, Boggs Chemistry Building, Daniel Environmental Engineering Laboratory; Daniel Lab Addition, Georgia Tech Office of Information Technology Engineering Building, Old Civil Engineering Building, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 43 · Academic 29 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Offices 6 · Chapel 5.

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Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 100
  2. The University of Texas–Austin 96
  3. University of Notre Dame 94
  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 92
  5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 91
  6. North Carolina State University 90
  7. University of California, Berkeley 89

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Georgia Tech 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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