Chemical engineering at Minnesota
Minnesota graduates about 96 chemical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 42nd of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a strong program at 69 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $93,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $24 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Minnesota
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Shepherd Laboratories, Mechanical Engineering, Tate Laboratory of Physics, Civil Engineering Building, MAST Laboratory.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Minnesota
- Marketing 97 · #3
- Accounting 94 · #10
- Finance 93 · #10
- Computer science 91 · #41
- Biology 91 · #24
- Math & statistics 91 · #41
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota 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.