Chemical engineering at Lehigh
Lehigh graduates about 40 chemical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 60th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a solid program at 60 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $102,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Lehigh
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Sinclair Laboratory, Mohler Laboratory, Sherman Fairchild Laboratory for Solid State, Fritz Engineering Laboratory, Mudd Laboratory, Whitaker Laboratory, Packard Laboratory, Imbt Laboratories.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 13 · Dorm 7 · Library 2 · Chapel 1 · Athletics 1 · Offices 1.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Lehigh
- Math & statistics 91 · #44
- Chemistry & biochem 91 · #20
- Computer science 90 · #44
- Economics 89 · #50
- Engineering (all) 89 · #40
- Biology 88 · #41
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Lehigh 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.