Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 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.

MIT Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at MIT 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 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% 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 MIT since its program graduates 39% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MIT Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Chemical & Biomolecular 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Chemical Engineers	710	$109,950

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.