Chemical engineering at Stony Brook
Stony Brook graduates about 33 chemical engineering majors a year. That puts it 117th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a light program at 42 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $89,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.91×). Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Light Engineering, New Engineering Building, Heavy Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Bioengineering.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 58 · Dorm 29 · Student housing 27 · Dining 8 · Athletics 4 · Library 1.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Stony Brook
- Health & pre-med fields 92 · #5
- Computer science 91 · #38
- Nursing 91 · #4
- Sociology & anthropology 89 · #48
- Engineering (all) 87 · #59
- Journalism 87 · #18
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Stony Brook 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.