Chemical Engineering at California State University - Long Beach

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every chemical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the chem eng program at California State University - Long Beach stacks up to those at other schools.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 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.

CSULB Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

CSULB Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at CSULB 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.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

59% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% 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 CSULB since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chem eng bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

CSULB Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

27% Women

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

If you plan to be a chem eng major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	74

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Chemical Engineers	2,100	$103,590

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
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