Chemical Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 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.

UMCP Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UMCP Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at UMCP 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 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 UMCP since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at UMCP are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	29
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UMCP Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 83% of degree recipients. That is 52% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160
Chemical Engineers	690	$113,670

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.