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Chemical engineering at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley graduates about 126 chemical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 8th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $121,000 four years out, 1.24× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

89/100Standout#8 of 163 for chemical engineering →
Graduates a year1261% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$121,0001.24× the same major nationally
Research in the field$9Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school

Around UC Berkeley

Sather Tower
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South Hall is the oldest building on the campus of University of California, Ber
Berkeley - South HallPhoto: roger4336 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Wheeler Hall
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Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley
Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley (54263464661)Photo: Gabriel Classon · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where chemical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Natural Resources Laboratory, Donner Laboratory, Architects & Engineers, Grimes Engineering Center, Calvin Laboratory.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 124 · Dorm 27 · Athletics 15 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Library 7.

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Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology 93
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 92
  3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 91
  4. North Carolina State University 90
  5. Cornell University 88
  6. Purdue University–Main Campus 87
  7. Texas A&M University 87
  8. Northwestern University 86

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Berkeley 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.

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