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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students received a bachelor's degree in chem eng from Carnegie Mellon.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Chem Eng

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chem eng progam at Carnegie Mellon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Chemical Engineering Schools	4
Most Popular Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83

In 2021, 57 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #2 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Carnegie Mellon Chem Eng Graduates

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carnegie Mellon is $80,722. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in chem eng from Carnegie Mellon. About 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% 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 19% 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	16
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 57 chem eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Carnegie Mellon, about 63% were men and 37% were 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	2
White	10
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 19 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.