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2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges
$112,828 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #72 most popular major in Illinois with 442 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for chem eng majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Chemical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 523
Ohio 764
Indiana 381
Wisconsin 147

Chemical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova.

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