Chemical engineering at Penn
Penn graduates about 32 chemical engineering majors a year. That puts it 23rd of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a strong program at 79 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $110,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $13 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Penn
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Leidy Laboratories, Anatomy Chemistry, Chemistry Building 1958 Wing, Chemistry Laboratories 1941 Wing, Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories of the IAST, Chemistry Laboratories 1973 Wing, Goddard & Richards Laboratories, David Rittenhouse Laboratories, Alumni Engineering Labs, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), Bennet S. LeBow Engineering Center, Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 88 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 10 · Student housing 7.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Penn
- Finance 100 · #1
- History 99 · #2
- Physics & astronomy 99 · #5
- Philosophy & religion 98 · #1
- Languages 98 · #2
- Neuroscience 97 · #1
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Penn 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.