Chemical Engineering at University of Connecticut

If you plan to study chemical engineering, take a look at what University of Connecticut has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and has a total student population of 27,215.

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

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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #63 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% 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 UCONN since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 56% 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 11% 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	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCONN Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Of the students who received a chem eng master's degree from UCONN, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
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.