Chemical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. Of the 9,305 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2021, 156 of them were chemical engineering majors.

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.

UIUC Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Chemical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chem eng progam at UIUC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chem eng major at UIUC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	18
Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from UIUC. This makes it the #57 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Chem Eng Graduates from UIUC Make?

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIUC is $73,493. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 156 chem eng majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIUC. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	65
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UIUC Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from UIUC in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 17 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Operations Research

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010
Chemical Engineers	880	$94,830

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.