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Chemical Engineering at The University of Alabama

Chemical Engineering at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 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.

UA Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UA Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at UA 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #85 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

46% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% 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 UA since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in chem eng.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 66
International Students 18
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

UA Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

19% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 81% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,290 $138,470
Engineering Professors 530 $107,400
Chemical Engineers 470 $112,780

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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