Chemical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 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.

UPenn Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UPenn Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at UPenn 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 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn 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 UPenn since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UPenn Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

If you plan to be a chem eng major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Pennsylvania. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	48

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Systems 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineers	4,850	$96,550
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Chemical Engineers	1,310	$97,390

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.