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Chemical engineering at Lafayette College

Lafayette College graduates about 26 chemical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 73rd of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a solid program at 57 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $116,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally.

57/100Solid#73 of 163 for chemical engineering →
Graduates a year263% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$116,0001.19× the same major nationally
Research in the field$304Ka year, NSF
Admit rate31%whole school
SAT middle 50%1360–1490whole school

Around Lafayette College

Translation of ZG 116
What is to be donePhoto: Alishag1590 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A plaque about the Lafayette-Lehigh Football rivalry on the campus of Lafayette
Plaque at Lafayette CollegePhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Statue of Lafayette at Lafayette College, Easton Pennsylvania. Daniel Chester Fr
Statue of Lafayette at Lafayette CollegePhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Kirby Hall of Civil Rights , Warren and Wetmore, 1929-1930. Lafayette College, E
Kirby Hall of Civil Rights, Lafayette CollegePhoto: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where chemical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Acopian Engineering Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 72 · Academic 37 · Athletics 4 · Offices 1 · Library 1 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking

  1. University of Colorado Boulder 59
  2. California State Polytechnic University–Pomona 58
  3. Stevens Institute of Technology 58
  4. California Institute of Technology 58
  5. University of Dayton 57
  6. The University of Oklahoma 57
  7. University of Louisiana at Lafayette 56
  8. University of Tennessee–Knoxville 56

Other strong majors at Lafayette College

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Lafayette College 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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