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Chemical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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.

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

UIUC Chemical Engineering 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.

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

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

42% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 UIUC since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 30
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 57
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

UIUC Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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.

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

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
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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