Chemical Engineering at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 students received a bachelor's degree in chem eng from UCONN.

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.

UCONN Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCONN Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at UCONN 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.

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from UCONN. This makes it the #104 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #66 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UCONN Chem Eng Graduates

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $62,568. This is less than $66,101, which is the national average of all chem eng majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 chem eng majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCONN. Of these graduates, 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at UCONN are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UCONN Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a master's degree in chem eng from UCONN. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

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

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

UCONN also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Systems Engineering
• Environmental 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Engineers	940	$100,230
Chemical Engineers	480	$89,660
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280

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.