Chemical engineering at UC Irvine
UC Irvine graduates about 70 chemical engineering majors a year. That puts it 59th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a solid program at 61 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $98,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $8 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC Irvine
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: McDonnell-Douglas Engineering Auditorium, Rockwell Engineering Center, Engineering Laboratory Facility, UCI Vehicle Performance Engineering Laboratory, Qureshey Research Laboratory, Bonney Research Laboratory, Engineering Hall, Engineering and Computing Trailer, Engineering Lecture Hall, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, Engineering Gateway, Engineering Tower.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 128 · Academic 107 · Student housing 52 · Offices 16 · Athletics 7 · Arts 5.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UC Irvine
- Physics & astronomy 91 · #22
- Engineering (all) 91 · #28
- Civil engineering 91 · #8
- Environmental science 90 · #28
- Film & media production 90 · #12
- Computer engineering 89 · #12
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Irvine 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.