Chemical Engineering at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,511 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in 2021, 24 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.

Stanford Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Stanford

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Stanford does offer online education options in chem eng for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Chemical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chem eng programs across the country. The following shows how Stanford 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 Stanford 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
Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	97
Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools	124

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from Stanford. This makes it the #35 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a bachelor's degree in chem eng from Stanford. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	2
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Stanford Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

The chem eng program at Stanford awarded 13 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Stanford also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 28 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biomedical 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 CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Chemical Engineers	2,100	$103,590

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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.