Chemical engineering at WPI
WPI graduates about 72 chemical engineering majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 65th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a solid program at 60 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $100,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around WPI
Where chemical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Higgins Laboratories, Washburn Shops and Stoddard Laboratories, Salisbury Laboratories, Atwater Kent Laboratories, Fuller Laboratories.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 29 · Dorm 14 · Athletics 2 · Library 2 · Arts 1.
Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at WPI
- Engineering (all) 87 · #60
- Computer science 86 · #70
- Math & statistics 85 · #79
- Physics & astronomy 82 · #80
- Electrical engineering 78 · #47
- Mechanical engineering 77 · #53
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares WPI 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.