Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

If you plan to study chemical engineering, take a look at what Carnegie Mellon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 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.

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Carnegie Mellon 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 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% 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 Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

The following chem eng concentations are available at Carnegie Mellon University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Carnegie Mellon University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	126

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Construction Engineering
• Operations Research

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineers	4,850	$96,550
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Chemical Engineers	1,310	$97,390

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.