Chemical Engineering at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and has a total student population of 16,450. In 2021, 44 chem eng majors received their bachelor's degree from UL Lafayette.

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.

UL Lafayette Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng

UL Lafayette Chemical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chem eng major at UL Lafayette 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 Value Chemical Engineering Schools	45

Earnings of UL Lafayette Chem Eng Graduates

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UL Lafayette is $74,585. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from UL Lafayette in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at UL Lafayette since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at UL Lafayette 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• General Engineering
• Civil 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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Engineers	5,400	$90,580
Chemical Engineers	1,710	$111,090
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,300	$151,220
Engineering Professors	270	$95,220

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.