Chemical engineering at UT Austin
UT Austin graduates about 143 chemical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 2nd of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $115,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $54 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UT Austin
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Laboratory Theatre Building, Engineering Discovery Building, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Building, Biomedical Engineering Building, Continuing Engineering Education, O’Donnell Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences, J. T. Patterson Laboratories Building, Biological Laboratories, Aerospace Engineering Building, Gary L. Thomas Energy Engineering Building, Engineering Education and Research Center, Engineering Teaching Center II.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 142 · Dorm 16 · Athletics 11 · Arts 7 · Chapel 3 · Library 3.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UT Austin
- Computer science 96 · #16
- Accounting 96 · #6
- Engineering (all) 95 · #12
- Finance 95 · #7
- Math & statistics 94 · #19
- Communications & media 94 · #12
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UT Austin 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.