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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California

12 Colleges
$75,252 Avg Salary

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

Chemical Engineering is the #87 most popular major in California with 1,136 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

The Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in California to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - San Diego the most popular school in California for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

Women make up 30% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of California - San Diego

Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 22% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular chemical engineering schools in California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

About 17% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 83% are male.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Southern California

Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 50% of the chem eng majors at the school.

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

Of the 13 students majoring in chem eng at Stanford, 62% are male and 38% are female.

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California State University - Long Beach came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 25% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Full Chemical Engineering at California State University - Long Beach Report

With a ranking of #7, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 38% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of California - Davis

University of California - Riverside did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for chemical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in chem eng at UCR, 29% are male and 71% are female.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of California - Riverside

San Jose State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 60% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Full Chemical Engineering at San Jose State University Report

University of California - Irvine landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in chem eng at UC Irvine, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of California - Irvine Report

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 210
Oregon 140
Nevada 40

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 12 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.

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