Chemical Engineering at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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 Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 32,277.

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.

Pitt Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Pitt Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Pitt 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 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Pitt

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

Pitt Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 Pitt since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at Pitt 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 Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	62
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Pitt Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a chem eng master's degree from Pitt, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
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 PA, the home state for University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
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 Crazypaco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.