Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University

If you plan to study chemical engineering, take a look at what Northeastern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 22,905.

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.

Northeastern Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northeastern Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Northeastern 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 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Northeastern

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

Northeastern Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% 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 Northeastern since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Northeastern University with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	62
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Northeastern Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a chem eng master's degree from Northeastern, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	4
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 MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

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 (User:Piotrus) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.