Chemical Engineering at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico

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

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is located in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 4,367. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in chem eng from Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico.

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.

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Chemical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chem eng progam at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chem eng major at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Chemical Engineering Schools	11
Most Popular Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	121
Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools	139

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico.

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 71% 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 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• 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 PR, the home state for Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.