Chemical Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and 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 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and has a total student population of 1,686.

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.

New Mexico Tech Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

New Mexico Tech Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at New Mexico 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.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at New Mexico Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

New Mexico Tech Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 New Mexico Tech since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

New Mexico Tech Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Of the students who received a chem eng master's degree from New Mexico Tech, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Chemical Engineers	100	$110,020

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 Atomic Energy505 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.