Chemical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a chem eng school? To help you decide if Purdue University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's chem eng program.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 165 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.

Purdue Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Purdue Chemical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chem eng progam at Purdue compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Purdue 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Focused Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56

In 2021, 57 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from Purdue. This makes it the #2 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Purdue Chem Eng Graduates

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $75,967. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The chem eng program at Purdue awarded 165 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	103
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Purdue Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students graduated with a master's degree in chem eng from Purdue. About 67% were men and 33% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 15 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Other Engineering
• General 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Engineers	2,380	$73,340
Chemical Engineers	370	$99,010

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.