Chemical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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 Purdue University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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

Purdue Chemical Engineering 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.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% 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 Purdue since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 65% 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	22
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	95
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Purdue Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 22% went to 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	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 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
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.