Chemical Engineering at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620. In 2021, 69 chem eng majors received their bachelor's degree from Cornell.

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.

Cornell Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Cornell Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Cornell 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.

In 2021, 46 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from Cornell. This makes it the #5 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Cornell Chem Eng Graduates

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cornell is $74,126. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 69 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	24
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Cornell Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 46 students who earned a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Agricultural 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 Cornell University.

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.