Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech

If you are interested in studying chemical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 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.

Virginia Tech Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Virginia Tech 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 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	59
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Virginia Tech 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.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
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 Virginia Tech. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	110

Related Majors

• Marine Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Other 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Chemical Engineers	980	$111,440

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.