Chemical Engineering at University of Arkansas

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

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 27,562.

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.

UARK Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UARK Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at UARK 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.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% 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 UARK since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at UARK 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 University of Arkansas with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	34
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UARK Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

If you plan to be a chem eng major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Arkansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	81

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biological Engineering
• Industrial 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Architectural and Engineering Managers	860	$121,390
Engineers	550	$71,510
Engineering Professors	240	$91,380
Chemical Engineers	140	$87,880

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.