Chemical engineering at Pitt
Pitt graduates about 84 chemical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 46th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a strong program at 67 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $97,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Pitt
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School, Software Engineering Institute, Old Engineering Hall.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 54 · Dorm 24 · Student housing 11 · Athletics 9 · Chapel 9 · Fraternity or sorority house 4.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Pitt
- Health & pre-med fields 94 · #2
- Biology 90 · #26
- English & writing 89 · #40
- Math & statistics 88 · #58
- Political science & IR 86 · #68
- Chemistry & biochem 86 · #54
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Pitt 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.