Chemical engineering at UMaine
UMaine graduates about 32 chemical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 101st of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a solid program at 48 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $95,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UMaine
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: New England Plant Soil and Water Laboratory, Engineering Storage, Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 112 · Athletics 13 · Dorm 10 · Dining 3 · Chapel 2 · Library 2.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UMaine
- Sociology & anthropology 77 · #150
- Education 72 · #150
- Marketing 72 · #125
- Communications & media 71 · #216
- Computer science 67 · #243
- Biology 67 · #291
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UMaine 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.