Chemical Engineering at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,643.

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.

Rice Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Rice Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Rice 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% 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 Rice since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Rice Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

The following chem eng concentations are available at Rice University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rice University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	46

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Operations Research
• Civil 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Chemical Engineers	7,870	$147,720
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.