Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University

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 Michigan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

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.

Michigan State Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Michigan State Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Michigan State 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #73 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% 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 Michigan State since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	79
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Michigan State Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

The following chem eng concentations are available at Michigan State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Michigan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	112

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Other 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Chemical Engineers	880	$102,780

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.