Chemical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

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

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 29 chem eng majors received their bachelor's degree from Columbia.

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.

Columbia Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Columbia Chemical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chem eng major at Columbia 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 Value Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	4
	105

In 2021, 63 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from Columbia. This makes it the #1 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Chem Eng Graduates from Columbia Make?

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at Columbia is $65,500. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The chem eng program at Columbia awarded 29 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 38% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Columbia Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 63 chem eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Columbia, about 56% were men and 44% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Civil 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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Chemical Engineers	860	$100,380

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.