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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

5 Colleges
$65,011 Avg Salary
$23,285 Avg Student Debt

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

In 2020-2021, 394 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a New Jersey college or university. This makes it the #51 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Chemical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for chem eng majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our analysis found New Jersey Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in New Jersey. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

About 39% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 61% are male.

The average amount in student loans that chem eng majors at NJIT take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $25,037.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular chemical engineering schools in New Jersey. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

Women make up 36% of the chem eng majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Stevens Institute of Technology is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hoboken.

About 40% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 60% are male.

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#4

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rowan University is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Rowan is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Glassboro.

About 41% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 59% are male.

Full Chemical Engineering at Rowan University Report

#5

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Princeton.

Women make up 70% of the chem eng majors at the school.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 836
New York 870
Maryland 285
District of Columbia 23
Delaware 108

One of 40 majors within the area of study, chemical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 5 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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