Chemical Engineering at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students received a bachelor's degree in chem eng from KU.

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.

KU Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

KU Chemical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks chem eng programs across the country. The following shows how KU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chem eng major at KU 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
Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	64
Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	70
Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools	77
	94

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from KU. This makes it the #71 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Chem Eng Graduates from KU Make?

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at KU is $65,436. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at KU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at KU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. 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 Kansas with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

KU Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 6 chem eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from KU, about 83% were men and 17% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

KU also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,520	$129,220
Engineers	600	$82,060
Engineering Professors	310	$107,820
Chemical Engineers	200	$98,090

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.