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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received a bachelor's degree in chem eng from URI.

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
• Doctorate 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.

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from URI. This makes it the #118 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Chem Eng Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $66,167. This is 0% higher than $66,101, which is the national average for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 chem eng majors earned their bachelor's degree from URI. Of these graduates, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 85% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

URI Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 2 chem eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from URI, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

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	0

URI also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.