Best Graduate Chemical Engineering Programs in US 2018

Ranked in 2017 by US News

More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

RankingsOverall Engineering School Program Data
RankSchool nameTuitionTotal graduate engineering enrollmentAverage GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test)Engineering school research expenditures (2016 fiscal year)
1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA)

$48,140 per year (full-time)3,124166$448,324,000
2

California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA)

$45,846 per year (full-time)543169$105,985,025
2

University of California, Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,076165$208,862,000
4

Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)

$50,424 per year (full-time)3,675167$201,159,834
5

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN)

$16,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,120 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,923164$122,194,826
6

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA)

$13,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,872 per year (out-of-state, full-time)8,850164$223,060,000
6

Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ)

$45,320 per year (full-time)615167$62,990,633
6

University of Delaware

(Newark, DE)

$1,720 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,720 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)931169$46,436,410
6

University of Texas, Austin (Cockrell)

(Austin, TX)

$9,850 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,030 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,362165$204,333,510
6

University of Wisconsin, Madison

(Madison, WI)

$11,942 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,269 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,821164$141,939,724
11

University of California, Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA)

$12,294 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,396 per year (out-of-state, full-time)721165$106,551,188
12

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

(Urbana, IL)

$17,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,628 per year (out-of-state, full-time)3,806166$227,584,892
12

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI)

$24,444 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,974 per year (out-of-state, full-time)3,570166$295,646,000
14

Carnegie Mellon University

(Pittsburgh, PA)

$43,000 per year (full-time)3,737166$195,765,115
15

Northwestern University (McCormick)

(Evanston, IL)

$50,424 per year (full-time)2,088166$114,089,862
15

Purdue University, West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN)

$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time)3,744164$259,111,348
15

University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA)

$32,286 per year (full-time)1,674165$103,539,325
18

University of Colorado, Boulder

(Boulder, CO)

$14,094 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,248 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,900162$97,551,458
19

Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY)

$29,500 per year (full-time)2,069165$118,254,750
19

Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)

(Baltimore, MD)

$50,410 per year (full-time)3,692166$121,140,156
21

North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC)

$8,088 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,610 per year (out-of-state, full-time)3,303164$188,960,115
21

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

(University Park, PA)

$21,294 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,650 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,029163$100,096,457
23

Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH)

$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,376 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,849164$128,840,826
23

University of California, Los Angeles (Samueli)

(Los Angeles, CA)

$12,684 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,187166$96,988,104
25

University of California, Davis

(Davis, CA)

$13,237 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,339 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,090163$83,858,768
25

University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN)

$49,050 per year (full-time)520163$46,707,101
27

Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

(New York, NY)

$44,592 per year (full-time)3,350167$146,963,000
27

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY)

$49,520 per year (full-time)646164$53,892,000
27

Rice University (Brown)

(Houston, TX)

$43,220 per year (full-time)949166$69,614,390
27

Texas A&M University, College Station

(College Station, TX)

$258 per credit (in-state, full-time); $681 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)3,469164$282,798,000
27

University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)

$16,917 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,153 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,416163$151,225,559
32

University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL)

$12,737 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time)3,067163$69,346,000
33

Iowa State University

(Ames, IA)

$9,770 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,024 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,337167$94,520,571
33

University of Maryland, College Park (Clark)

(College Park, MD)

$13,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,080 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,371164$161,868,022
33

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

(Amherst, MA)

$13,524 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,644 per year (out-of-state, full-time)983163$54,525,342
33

University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)

(Pittsburgh, PA)

$24,962 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,222 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,029162$88,203,781
33

Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA)

$14,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,644 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,338162$128,303,167
38

Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH)

$42,576 per year (full-time)702164$42,145,000
38

Colorado School of Mines

(Golden, CO)

$15,690 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,020 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,227160$51,407,036
38

University of Houston (Cullen)

(Houston, TX)

$442 per credit (in-state, full-time); $950 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,448161$31,459,760
38

University of Southern California (Viterbi)

(Los Angeles, CA)

$29,520 per year (full-time)5,497166$192,117,384
38

University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA)

$15,678 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,578 per year (out-of-state, full-time)786164$70,905,434
38

Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO)

$48,950 per year (full-time)1,256165$24,560,000
44

Lehigh University (Rossin)

(Bethlehem, PA)

$1,420 per credit (full-time)829165$19,803,902
44

Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI)

$706 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,386 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)735162$44,693,240
44

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ)

$16,536 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,128 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,395163$69,393,591
44

University at Buffalo, SUNY

(Buffalo, NY)

$10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,859162$59,036,405
44

Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN)

$1,854 per credit (full-time)514163$66,719,000
49

Arizona State University (Fulton)

(Tempe, AZ)

$10,810 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,186 per year (out-of-state, full-time)3,636162$103,301,308
49

Auburn University (Ginn)

(Auburn, AL)

$9,072 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,216 per year (out-of-state, full-time)897163$61,678,000
49

University of California, Irvine (Samueli)

(Irvine, CA)

$15,141 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,243 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,442164$90,005,096
49

University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA)

$10,579 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,183 per year (out-of-state, full-time)398161$45,625,665
49

Yale University

(New Haven, CT)

$39,800 per year (full-time)300168$32,252,470
54

Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA)

$1,192 per credit (full-time)1,194160$24,896,345
54

Tulane University

(New Orleans, LA)

$49,030 per year (full-time)103161$7,568,891
54

University of California, Riverside (Bourns)

(Riverside, CA)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)851162$61,888,039
54

University of California, San Diego (Jacobs)

(La Jolla, CA)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,635166$168,012,410
58

Clemson University

(Clemson, SC)

$10,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,532 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,415158$36,245,649
58

Northeastern University

(Boston, MA)

$1,471 per credit (full-time)4,259162$71,406,287
58

Tufts University

(Medford, MA)

$50,520 per year (full-time)688162$26,373,465
58

University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC)

$12,798 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,408 per year (out-of-state, full-time)587156$24,967,201
58

University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT)

$8,356 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,472 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,259161$79,391,000
63

Brigham Young University (Fulton)

(Provo, UT)

$6,680 per year (LDS member, full-time); $13,360 per year (Non-LDS member, full-time)410162$12,514,597
63

Brown University

(Providence, RI)

$50,224 per year (full-time)427165$24,004,099
63

Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO)

$13,875 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,850 per year (out-of-state, full-time)807167$70,267,916
63

CUNY, City College (Grove)

(New York, NY)

$11,860 per year (in-state, full-time); $870 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)543157$20,017,007
63

Stony Brook University, SUNY

(Stony Brook, NY)

$10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,503165$32,204,297
63

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)

$11,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,124 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,081162$50,284,260
69

Clarkson University

(Potsdam, NY)

$1,300 per credit (full-time)295162$7,968,952
69

Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

(Chicago, IL)

$1,400 per credit (full-time)1,885160$18,808,627
69

Kansas State University

(Manhattan, KS)

$403 per credit (in-state, full-time); $910 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)475162$16,215,282
69

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA)

$8,728 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,643 per year (out-of-state, full-time)619159$21,980,000
69

Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI)

$18,477 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,477 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,008162$29,626,000
69

Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY)

$25,974 per year (full-time)1,090162$12,435,378
69

University of Akron

(Akron, OH)

$442 per credit (in-state, full-time); $748 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)433160$13,082,359
69

University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH)

$12,790 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,532 per year (out-of-state, full-time)782161$19,909,952
69

University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT)

$13,726 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,762 per year (out-of-state, full-time)841163$47,291,000
69

University of Illinois, Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

$15,620 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,428160$26,612,018
69

University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS)

$395 per credit (in-state, full-time); $924 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)640161$15,253,449
69

University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY)

$12,236 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,380 per year (out-of-state, full-time)474160$37,371,000
69

University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM)

$261 per credit (in-state, full-time); $880 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)787145$32,957,000
69

University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK)

$204 per credit (in-state, full-time); $791 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)710161$27,330,543
69

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

(Worcester, MA)

$25,344 per year (full-time)1,203164$24,727,818
84

Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO)

$9,288 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,766 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,127156$24,974,630
84

New Jersey Institute of Technology

(Newark, NJ)

$19,008 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,092 per year (out-of-state, full-time)2,450159$56,053,060
84

Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK)

$209 per credit (in-state, full-time); $825 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)618160$15,335,050
84

Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR)

$14,130 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,769 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,248160$42,442,459
84

Texas Tech University (Whitacre)

(Lubbock, TX)

$315 per credit (in-state, full-time); $723 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)896159$17,508,000
84

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

(Baltimore, MD)

$603 per credit (in-state, full-time); $997 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,123157$14,663,061
84

University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY)

$1,538 per credit (full-time)590165$89,261,534
84

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Tickle)

(Knoxville, TN)

$12,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,252 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,118160$70,692,000
84

Washington State University

(Pullman, WA)

$11,784 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,216 per year (out-of-state, full-time)763161$33,004,410
84

Wayne State University

(Detroit, MI)

$713 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,430 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)1,590156$13,613,000
94

Dartmouth College (Thayer)

(Hanover, NH)

$49,998 per year (full-time)313164$25,488,122
94

New York University (Tandon)

(Brooklyn, NY)

$1,646 per credit (full-time)2,685164$33,925,144
94

Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)

(Hoboken, NJ)

$33,328 per year (full-time)2,041161$21,226,295
94

University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Francis)

(Lowell, MA)

$14,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,853 per year (out-of-state, full-time)983158$16,921,323
94

West Virginia University (Statler)

(Morgantown, WV)

$10,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,056 per year (out-of-state, full-time)701157$19,861,768
RNP

Cleveland State University (Washkewicz)

(Cleveland, OH)

$531 per credit (in-state, full-time); $999 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)656158$2,113,935
RNP

Florida A&M University - Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL)

$404 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,005 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)329157$16,772,908
RNP

Lamar University

(Beaumont, TX)

$6,048 per year (in-state, full-time); $13,392 per year (out-of-state, full-time)514158$927,029
RNP

Mississippi State University (Bagley)

(Mississippi State, MS)

$7,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time)665158$38,304,000
RNP

Montana State University

(Bozeman, MT)

$7,953 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,251 per year (out-of-state, full-time)212158$15,470,512
RNP

New Mexico State University

(Las Cruces, NM)

$4,088 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,254 per year (out-of-state, full-time)479157$12,508,395
RNP

Ohio University (Russ)

(Athens, OH)

$8,188 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,180 per year (out-of-state, full-time)604161$12,931,434
RNP

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

(Rapid City, SD)

$318 per credit (in-state, full-time); $639 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)313158$8,097,593
RNP

University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL)

$10,470 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time)373160$21,341,616
RNP

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

(Fayetteville, AR)

$410 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,047 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)514159$18,372,457
RNP

University of Idaho

(Moscow, ID)

N/A
RNP

University of Louisville (Speed)

(Louisville, KY)

$12,246 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,486 per year (out-of-state, full-time)622157$10,163,804
RNP

University of Mississippi

(University, MS)

$7,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,912 per year (out-of-state, full-time)138156$4,341,841
RNP

University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO)

$8,527 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,026 per year (out-of-state, full-time)613161$21,367,224
RNP

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

(Lincoln, NE)

$411 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,098 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)644161$32,848,045
RNP

University of Nevada, Reno

(Reno, NV)

$371 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,289 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)294162$11,928,122
RNP

University of New Hampshire

(Durham, NH)

$13,840 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time)266160$7,969,700
RNP

University of North Dakota

(Grand Forks, ND)

N/A165150$4,000,000
RNP

University of Rhode Island

(Kingston, RI)

$11,796 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,206 per year (out-of-state, full-time)201$5,435,932
RNP

University of South Florida

(Tampa, FL)

$10,428 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,126 per year (out-of-state, full-time)1,216158$33,270,000
RNP

University of Toledo

(Toledo, OH)

$9,874 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,627 per year (out-of-state, full-time)381159$9,102,000
RNP

University of Tulsa

(Tulsa, OK)

$1,235 per credit (full-time)244163$15,767,254
RNP

Virginia Commonwealth University

(Richmond, VA)

$10,485 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,351 per year (out-of-state, full-time)246159$11,626,738

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