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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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

Chemical Engineering is the #72 most popular major in the country with 12,917 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region 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.

Check out the chem eng master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our analysis found Northeastern University to be the most popular school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Of the 42 students majoring in chem eng at Northeastern, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Women make up 35% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Full Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular chemical engineering schools in the New England Region . WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

About 57% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 43% are male.

Full Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Report

Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 14% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 86% are male.

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#5

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Of the 5 students majoring in chem eng at Tufts, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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University of Connecticut ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 33% of the chem eng majors at the school.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Connecticut Report

#6

University of Maine

Orono, ME

University of Maine landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree chemical engineering programs. UMaine is a large public school located in the suburb of Orono.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus 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. UNH is a large public school located in the suburb of Durham.

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University of Rhode Island 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 suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 50% are male.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst 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 suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst 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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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 537
Connecticut 94
New Hampshire 37
Maine 36
Rhode Island 46

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 10 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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