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Chemical engineering at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 77 chemical engineering majors a year. That puts it 16th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $108,000 four years out, 1.11× 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.

83/100Standout#16 of 163 for chemical engineering →
Graduates a year77under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$108,0001.11× the same major nationally
Research in the field$11Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school

Around UCLA

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YAL activists at the University of California, Los AngelesPhoto: YAL Editors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Aerial view of UCLA campus and Westwood, California, facing southeast
UCLA campus and WestwoodPhoto: Rick Meyer, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · source
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UCLA Veterans Social 264 (5715096209)Photo: SupportPDX from Portland, Oregon, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where chemical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering VI, Engineering V, Engineering IV, MacDonald Medical Research Laboratory.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking

  1. Northwestern University 86
  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison 85
  3. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 85
  4. Stanford University 84
  5. Carnegie Mellon University 83
  6. University of Washington 82
  7. Vanderbilt University 81
  8. Columbia University 81

Other strong majors at UCLA

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA 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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