Chemical engineering at UC Davis
UC Davis graduates about 62 chemical engineering majors a year. That puts it 52nd of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a solid program at 64 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $103,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC Davis
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Thurman Laboratory, Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, Engineering Unit 2 Wind Tunnel, Chemistry Building, Peter A. Rock Hall (Chemistry), Enology Laboratory Building, Chemistry Annex.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 204 · Student housing 77 · Dorm 48 · Athletics 12 · Arts 6 · Dining 3.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UC Davis
- Civil engineering 97 · #2
- Theater & drama 97 · #4
- Computer science 96 · #17
- Art, music & theater 96 · #2
- Art & design 96 · #5
- Biology 95 · #5
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Davis 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.