Chemical Engineering at Auburn University

If you are interested in studying chemical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Auburn University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and approximately 30,737 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Chemical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Auburn Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng
• Master’s Degree in Chem Eng

Auburn Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Auburn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemical Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Auburn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at Auburn University.

Auburn Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Auburn since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at Auburn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	63
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Auburn Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Auburn University with a master's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Auburn University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	110

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biological Engineering

Careers That Chem Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in chem eng can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Engineers	3,730	$115,710
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Engineering Professors	530	$107,400
Chemical Engineers	470	$112,780

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.