Chemical engineering at Wisconsin
Wisconsin graduates about 102 chemical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 13th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $102,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $22 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Wisconsin
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory, Biotron Laboratory, Poultry Research Laboratory, Livestock Laboratory, Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, Russell Laboratories, DeLuca Biochemistry Laboratories, Muscle & Meat Science Research Laboratory, Bardeen Medical Laboratories, DeLuca Biochemistry Building, DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building, Stovall Building (Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene).
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Wisconsin
- Marketing 100 · #1
- Journalism 100 · #1
- Kinesiology & exercise science 97 · #3
- Finance 96 · #4
- Accounting 96 · #5
- Communications & media 94 · #11
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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.