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September 30, 2010

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Chemical Engineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. Chemical Engineering	34	70	32	78	30	86	11	37	46	71
Auburn U. Chemical Engineering	80	103	67	99	26	84	66	92	70	95
Brown U. ENGINEERING: Fluids, Thermal, and Chemical Processing	26	67	35	83	8	83	40	74	41	74
California Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering	1	2	1	3	2	42	46	84	1	6
Carnegie Mellon U. Chemical Engineering	7	28	10	42	3	46	51	84	7	18
Case Western Reserve U. Chemical Engineering	45	81	40	82	70	100	88	103	32	54
City U. of New York Graduate Center Chemical Engineering	28	60	28	66	3	48	28	64	43	76
Clarkson U. Chemical Engineering	59	84	65	93	3	41	7	22	64	89
Clemson U. Chemical Engineering	46	85	34	84	25	85	72	98	48	78
Colorado State U. Chemical and Biological Engineering	72	100	57	96	8	70	76	100	55	86
Columbia U. Chemical Engineering	18	54	9	43	55	101	36	73	27	53
Cornell U. Chemical Engineering	11	40	9	45	4	50	42	75	17	34
Drexel U. Chemical Engineering	56	87	62	93	19	78	46	85	43	65
Georgia Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering	10	37	15	53	8	60	20	54	7	22
Illinois Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering	28	61	44	82	75	101	6	18	56	92
Iowa State U. Chemical Engineering	36	70	42	86	3	39	10	31	44	69
Johns Hopkins U. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	16	44	11	38	6	66	55	86	14	30
Kansas State U. Chemical Engineering	56	86	78	101	2	41	14	44	71	95
Lehigh U. Chemical Engineering	17	54	13	45	22	83	77	99	14	34
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Chemical Engineering	79	100	83	101	24	83	30	62	71	91
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering	3	8	4	17	11	65	58	90	1	4
Michigan State U. Chemical Engineering	44	81	41	85	23	82	16	45	42	67
Michigan Technological U. Chemical Engineering	69	104	81	102	24	87	27	65	59	105
Mississippi State U. Chemical Engineering (degree: Ph.D. in Engineering)	30	65	65	99	1	1	42	80	78	100
New Jersey Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering	78	102	58	94	54	95	13	38	78	100
New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces Chemical Engineering	106	106	104	106	104	105	105	106	102	106
North Carolina State U. Chemical Engineering	13	45	8	37	50	95	47	82	11	25
North- eastern U. Chemical Engineering	60	91	63	97	76	101	4	10	62	91
North- western U. Chemical and Biological Engineering	7	27	6	36	12	69	18	56	8	20
Ohio State U. Main Campus Chemical Engineering	18	53	17	56	61	94	41	82	17	40
Ohio U. Main Campus Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	88	103	98	105	5	57	56	91	87	102
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Chemical Engineering	90	104	95	106	21	77	54	90	79	98
Oregon State U. Chemical Engineering	94	105	59	98	103	105	104	106	73	102
Pennsyl- vania State U. Chemical Engineering	14	37	25	58	3	47	14	52	19	41
Pennsyl- vania State U. Energy and Mineral Engineering-Environmental Engineering (Energy & Geo-Environmental Engineering)	65	95	59	95	55	90	23	53	68	92
Pennsyl- vania State U. Energy and Mineral Engineering	70	98	87	105	7	67	1	2	89	105
Princeton U. Chemical Engineering	3	10	3	11	12	69	53	89	6	12
Purdue U. Main Campus Chemical Engineering	12	43	19	65	3	45	55	86	10	22
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Chemical Engineering	12	39	14	48	25	79	27	55	23	42
Rice U. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	31	67	33	78	7	57	36	67	33	57
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Chemical and Biochemical Engineering	52	88	30	72	46	95	20	50	41	68
Stanford U. Chemical Engineering	5	19	5	26	52	97	37	75	6	13
Stanford U. Energy Resources Engineering	34	78	25	72	65	100	16	53	40	77
Syracuse U. Main Campus Chemical Engineering	83	102	80	98	47	97	59	94	62	87
Texas A&M U. Chemical Engineering	29	61	46	83	12	72	32	65	26	51
Texas A&M U. Petroleum Engineering	66	96	77	100	5	54	86	102	51	84
Texas Tech U. Chemical Engineering	51	92	34	83	62	100	63	95	61	95
Tufts U. Chemical Engineering	30	65	32	68	7	79	20	60	43	69
Tulane U. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	32	72	31	79	7	67	19	52	50	74
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Chemical Engineering	23	55	19	49	6	55	59	91	19	41
U. of Akron Chemical Engineering	63	98	53	93	49	98	41	80	75	99
U. of Alabama Chemical Engineering	60	91	58	94	8	61	6	22	75	100
U. of Arizona Chemical Engineering	51	88	49	92	21	78	30	61	50	78
U. of Arizona Environmental Engineering	12	47	14	58	89	103	2	4	80	103
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Chemical Engineering	64	99	62	99	42	93	55	87	90	103
U. of California at Berkeley Chemical Engineering	2	5	2	5	10	65	73	97	2	5
U. of California at Davis Chemical Engineering	13	41	14	50	18	79	4	12	24	44
U. of California at Irvine Chemical and Biochemical Engineering	32	64	46	81	26	93	71	98	56	87
U. of California at Los Angeles Chemical Engineering	25	62	19	60	18	77	53	90	20	41
U. of California at Riverside Chemical & Environmental Engineering	11	52	5	30	53	101	50	83	23	55
U. of California at Santa Barbara Chemical Engineering	1	4	1	3	9	69	67	98	1	6
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Chemical Engineering	63	97	43	87	96	103	62	95	47	79
U. of Colorado at Boulder Chemical Engineering	8	29	6	31	42	91	25	64	10	23
U. of Connec- ticut Chemical Engineering Ph.D.	38	67	48	82	2	37	16	46	33	60
U. of Delaware Chemical Engineering	8	31	12	47	9	60	32	64	10	21
U. of Florida Chemical Engineering	40	74	36	76	15	71	48	78	23	43
U. of Houston main campus Chemical Engineering	8	35	6	34	62	97	63	90	15	34
U. of Illinois at Chicago Chemical Engineering	69	99	56	93	80	101	36	77	64	90
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	6	25	6	36	7	58	55	91	11	24
U. of Iowa Chemical and Biochemical Engineering	46	82	28	70	45	96	4	10	44	72
U. of Kansas Chemical and Petroleum Engineering	52	87	53	97	31	84	6	17	67	94
U. of Kentucky Chemical Engineering	62	93	53	91	51	96	16	45	73	96
U. of Louisville Chemical Engineering	82	103	77	101	65	101	93	104	78	101
U. of Maryland at College Park Chemical Engineering	33	70	47	86	3	48	11	36	38	63
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Chemical and Biochemical Engineering	64	96	39	85	94	103	4	8	67	100
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Chemical Engineering	32	65	25	72	22	79	88	103	24	43
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Chemical Engineering	7	26	9	40	7	60	40	73	7	16
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Chemical Engineering	4	15	4	22	39	92	95	104	5	11
U. of Missouri at Columbia Chemical Engineering	103	105	100	106	41	99	14	42	99	105
U. of Missouri at Rolla Chemical Engineering	86	104	93	105	4	70	15	41	77	99
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Chemical Engineering	17	50	10	47	40	96	17	44	30	56
U. of Notre Dame Chemical Engineering	29	63	27	65	4	54	60	88	22	43
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Chemical Engineering	21	55	24	66	5	63	1	3	45	74
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Petroleum Engineering	95	104	97	105	21	81	82	102	75	99
U. of Pennsyl- vania Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	9	29	11	40	3	44	37	79	11	23
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Chemical Engineering	43	82	29	73	25	82	51	85	41	65
U. of Rochester Chemical Engineering	8	28	6	33	2	57	27	65	28	55
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Chemical Engineering	14	52	12	50	26	81	10	32	30	53
U. of South Florida Chemical Engineering	62	96	45	90	45	94	19	50	73	95
U. of Southern California Chemical Engineering	22	54	9	34	65	99	9	31	25	49
U. of Tennessee Chemical Engineering	57	92	60	95	3	41	83	102	57	85
U. of Texas at Austin Chemical Engineering	3	9	3	16	10	66	91	104	1	5
U. of Toledo Chemical Engineering	77	101	86	103	16	80	19	47	85	101
U. of Utah Chemical Engineering	72	101	73	102	43	97	69	96	48	84
U. of Virginia Chemical Engineering	23	56	16	56	6	58	11	36	22	38
U. of Washing- ton Chemical Engineering	19	51	23	61	4	55	42	80	19	36
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Chemical Engineering	7	29	6	31	14	68	98	104	6	13
Vanderbilt U. Chemical Engineering	35	67	35	70	30	94	22	53	30	56
Virginia Common- wealth U. Chemical and Life Science Engineering	48	91	34	81	69	99	5	25	49	92
Virginia Tech Chemical Engineering	27	64	31	78	2	27	98	104	30	56
Washing- ton State U. School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering	80	102	79	100	13	83	74	100	54	81
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Chemical Engineering	38	79	24	76	53	97	32	76	40	65
Wayne State U. Chemical Engineering	49	82	47	84	29	90	8	31	56	81
Wayne State U. Materials Science and Engineering	60	99	4	25	106	106	78	99	97	105
Western Michigan U. Paper and Imaging Science and Engineering	79	103	67	103	97	104	9	38	105	106
Yale U. Chemical Engineering	12	47	10	47	16	76	11	44	23	53
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.