Chemical Engineering at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649.

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.

URI Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

URI Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at URI 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 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #106 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

URI Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the chem eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

The following chem eng concentations are available at University of Rhode Island. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Rhode Island. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	44

Related Majors

• Industrial Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Civil 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Engineers	550	$95,790
Architectural and Engineering Managers	480	$151,670
Engineering Professors	210	$137,620
Chemical Engineers	90	$90,180

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.