Chemical Engineering at University of Arizona

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

University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and approximately 45,601 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.

University of Arizona Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

University of Arizona Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at University of Arizona 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 University of Arizona

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

University of Arizona 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 University of Arizona since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at University of Arizona are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 University of Arizona with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	36
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

University of Arizona Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 86% of degree recipients. That is 54% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 AZ, the home state for University of Arizona.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,490	$133,860
Engineering Professors	420	$107,660
Chemical Engineers	100	$99,580

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 Msr69er under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.