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Chemical Engineering at Cornell University

Chemical Engineering at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 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.

Cornell Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

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

54% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 46% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% 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 Cornell since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

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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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in chem eng.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Cornell Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

45% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 4
International Students 27
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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