Chemical engineering at Rice
Rice graduates about 27 chemical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 29th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a strong program at 76 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 $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Rice
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, Facilities, Engineering and Planning Building, Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, Ryon Engineering Laboratory, Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories, M.D. Anderson Biology Laboratories.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 48 · Dorm 21 · Dining 9 · Athletics 4 · Offices 1 · Library 1.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Rice
- Computer science 95 · #21
- Math & statistics 95 · #16
- Economics 94 · #21
- Chemistry & biochem 93 · #10
- Languages 93 · #26
- English & writing 92 · #25
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Rice 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.