Chemical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Every chemical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the chem eng program at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 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.

Georgia Tech Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Georgia Tech 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 40 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% 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 Georgia Tech since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	77
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Georgia Tech Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

The following chem eng concentations are available at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	241

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Engineers	4,380	$93,580
Chemical Engineers	500	$91,530
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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 Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.