Chemical Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying chemical engineering, you may want to check out the program at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227. Of the 2,425 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University - Main Campus in 2021, 23 of them were chemical engineering majors.

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.

NMSU Main Campus Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

NMSU Main Campus Chemical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chem eng programs across the country. The following shows how NMSU Main Campus performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chem eng major at NMSU Main Campus 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from NMSU Main Campus. This makes it the #92 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NMSU Main Campus Chem Eng Graduates

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMSU Main Campus is $74,738. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from NMSU Main Campus in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NMSU Main Campus Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 46% better than the national average.*

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

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

NMSU Main Campus also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• General Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Engineers	2,010	$114,790
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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.