Chemical Engineering at Lafayette College

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Lafayette is located in Easton, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,514.

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.

Lafayette Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng

Lafayette Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Lafayette 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.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Lafayette

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

Lafayette Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 Lafayette since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at Lafayette are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Lafayette College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
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
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