Chemical Engineering at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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 Louisiana at Lafayette stacks up to those at other schools.

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and approximately 16,450 students attend the school each year.

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 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.

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

47% Women

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% 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 UL Lafayette since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 62% 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. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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
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
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