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Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 64 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 Lamar University TX $92,496 $125,110 $164,664 $135,841
2 Texas A&M University TX $92,210 $124,690 $164,792 $135,385
3 University of Texas at Austin TX $95,701 $120,123 $160,391 $130,427
4 Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical College LA $87,941 $120,095 $161,613 $130,114
5 University of Houston TX $89,177 $116,759 $157,331 $126,774
6 Louisiana Tech University LA $86,628 $114,843 $149,097 $124,424
7 Texas Tech University TX $89,416 $114,357 $157,303 $124,166
8 Oklahoma State University OK $93,321 $113,771 $146,060 $131,985
9 Colorado School of Mines CO $80,126 $112,328 $141,397 $106,877
10 Purdue University IN $88,056 $110,221 $136,336 $121,926
11 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $84,927 $109,958 $145,556 $119,780
12 University of Virginia VA $83,397 $108,167 $145,997 $105,529
13 Texas A&M University - Kingsville TX $75,403 $107,201 $134,767 $116,396
14 University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA $80,313 $106,913 $143,232 $115,832
15 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $82,659 $106,531 $132,620 $108,594
16 Georgia Institute of Technology GA $86,105 $106,251 $138,830 $117,404
17 University of Oklahoma OK $84,696 $105,975 $137,075 $122,941
18 University of Michigan MI $78,815 $105,756 $136,562 $115,580
19 Arizona State University AZ $75,972 $105,377 $134,040 $98,946
20 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA $83,490 $105,085 $133,776 $102,522

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.