Chemical Engineering at University of Delaware

Every chemical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the chem eng program at University of Delaware stacks up to those at other schools.

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613.

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.

UD Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UD Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at UD 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 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at UD 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 Delaware with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	40
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UD Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
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 Delaware. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	108

Related Majors

• Ocean Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Electrical 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Chemical Engineers	550	$120,280
Architectural and Engineering Managers	370	$157,490
Engineering Professors	230	$78,470

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.