Chemical engineering at Notre Dame
Notre Dame graduates about 74 chemical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a standout program at 94 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $114,000 four years out, 1.17× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $22 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Notre Dame
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Building, Hessert Laboratory for Aerospace Research, Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering, Stepan Chemistry Hall.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 98 · Academic 96 · Athletics 18 · Chapel 6 · Student housing 5 · Library 4.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Notre Dame
- Political science & IR 98 · #2
- Math & statistics 98 · #7
- Languages 98 · #3
- Theater & drama 98 · #2
- Economics 97 · #6
- Finance 97 · #3
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Notre Dame 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.