Best Graduate Chemical Engineering Programs in US 2015

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More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School name Tuition Enrollment (full-time) Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test)
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA, US)

$43,210 per year (full-time) 3,174 165
#2 California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA, US)

$39,990 per year (full-time) 569 168
#3 Stanford University

(Stanford, CA, US)

$45,480 per year (full-time) 3,517 166
#3 University of California—​Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA, US)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,936 165
#3 University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN, US)

$14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,928 163
#6 University of Texas—​Austin (Cockrell)

(Austin, TX, US)

$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,397 164
#7 Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ, US)

$40,170 per year (full-time) 576 165
#8 University of California—​Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA, US)

$12,991 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,093per year (out-of-state, full-time) 765 165
#8 University of Wisconsin—​Madison

(Madison, WI, US)

$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,940 164
#10 Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA, US)

$11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4,576 164
#10 University of Delaware

(Newark, DE, US)

$1,578 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,578 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 887 161
#12 University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Urbana, IL, US)

$16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,154 165
#12 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI, US)

$22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,178 165
#14 Carnegie Mellon University

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

$40,000 per year (full-time) 3,157 165
#14 Northwestern University (McCormick)

(Evanston, IL, US)

$45,120 per year (full-time) 1,799 164
#14 Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN, US)

$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,333 163
#14 University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO, US)

$12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,623 161
#18 Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY, US)

$29,530 per year (full-time) 1,812 165
#19 University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

$28,768 per year (full-time) 1,609 165
#20 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)

(Baltimore, MD, US)

$45,470 per year (full-time) 3,296 163
#20 North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC, US)

$7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,929 163
#20 Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

(University Park, PA, US)

$19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,719 163
#23 Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH, US)

$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,680 163
#23 University of California—​Los Angeles (Samueli)

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,854 164
#23 University of Washington

(Seattle, WA, US)

$14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,139 164
#26 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY, US)

$45,100 per year (full-time) 783 163
#26 Rice University (Brown)

(Houston, TX, US)

$38,260 per year (full-time) 760 164
#28 Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

(New York, NY, US)

$39,360 per year (full-time) 2,827 165
#28 University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA, US)

$13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,130 163
#28 University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN, US)

$43,980 per year (full-time) 484 163
#31 Iowa State University

(Ames, IA, US)

$9,046 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,161 160
#31 Texas A&M University—​College Station (Look)

(College Station, TX, US)

$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 3,066 160
#31 University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL, US)

$12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,739 162
#31 University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Amherst, MA, US)

$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 882 162
#31 University of Southern California (Viterbi)

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$29,448 per year (full-time) 4,857 163
#36 University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY, US)

$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,801 162
#36 University of Maryland—​College Park (Clark)

(College Park, MD, US)

$11,460 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,720per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,150 163
#36 University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA, US)

$14,358 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,682per year (out-of-state, full-time) 655 162
#39 Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI, US)

$621 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,220 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 897 N/A
#39 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ, US)

$15,552 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,704per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,162 163
#39 University of Houston (Cullen)

(Houston, TX, US)

$483 per credit (in-state, full-time); $837 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,208 161
#39 University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

$22,916 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,528per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,067 164
#39 Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA, US)

$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,193 162
#39 Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO, US)

$44,100 per year (full-time) 879 163
#45 Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH, US)

$38,588 per year (full-time) 633 164
#45 Colorado School of Mines

(Golden, CO, US)

$14,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,269 159
#45 Lehigh University (Rossin)

(Bethlehem, PA, US)

$1,300 per credit (full-time) 826 163
#45 Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN, US)

$1,747 per credit (full-time) 495 163
#49 Arizona State University (Fulton)

(Tempe, AZ, US)

$10,300 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,286per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,136 162
#50 Auburn University (Ginn)

(Auburn University, AL, US)

$8,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 883 161
#50 University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ, US)

$10,508 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,380per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,041 162
#50 University of California—​Irvine (Samueli)

(Irvine, CA, US)

$13,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,914per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,325 163
#50 Yale University

(New Haven, CT, US)

$36,500 per year (full-time) 196 164
#54 Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

$29,295 per year (full-time) 1,146 160
#54 University of California—​San Diego (Jacobs)

(La Jolla, CA, US)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,715 164
#54 University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC, US)

$12,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,698per year (out-of-state, full-time) 534 159
#57 Clemson University

(Clemson, SC, US)

$9,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,536 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,427 160
#57 Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO, US)

$10,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,240per year (out-of-state, full-time) 726 159
#57 CUNY—​City College (Grove)

(New York, NY, US)

$10,740 per year (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 613 160
#57 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

(Chicago, IL, US)

$1,204 per credit (full-time) 1,587 161
#57 Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA, US)

$6,631 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,706 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 667 159
#57 Northeastern University

(Boston, MA, US)

$1,315 per credit (full-time) 2,690 162
#57 Tufts University

(Medford, MA, US)

$27,472 per year (full-time) 592 160
#57 University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA, US)

$8,106 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,690 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 412 161
#57 University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS, US)

$346 per credit (in-state, full-time); $810 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 637 160
#57 University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK, US)

$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $675 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 555 160
#57 University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT, US)

$6,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,772 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,180 162
#68 Brigham Young University (Fulton)

(Provo, UT, US)

$12,260 per year (full-time) 389 161
#68 Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI, US)

$14,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,202per year (out-of-state, full-time) 907 N/A
#68 Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR, US)

$13,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,177per year (out-of-state, full-time) 912 160
#68 Texas Tech University (Whitacre)

(Lubbock, TX, US)

$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $607 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 728 159
#68 University of California—​Riverside (Bourns)

(Riverside, CA, US)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,332per year (out-of-state, full-time) 594 161
#68 University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL, US)

$13,966 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,964per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,117 160
#74 Brown University

(Providence, RI, US)

$44,608 per year (full-time) 321 164
#74 Clarkson University

(Potsdam, NY, US)

$1,324 per credit (full-time) 204 159
#74 Kansas State University

(Manhattan, KS, US)

$350 per credit (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 468 159
#74 New Jersey Institute of Technology

(Newark, NJ, US)

$17,384 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,404per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,356 N/A
#74 Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY, US)

$1,294 per credit (full-time) 996 162
#74 Tulane University

(New Orleans, LA, US)

$44,950 per year (full-time) 66 159
#74 University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT, US)

$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740per year (out-of-state, full-time) 873 161
#74 University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY, US)

$10,772 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,838per year (out-of-state, full-time) 518 161
#74 University of Maryland—​Baltimore County

(Baltimore, MD, US)

$530 per credit (in-state, full-time); $878 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 634 N/A
#74 University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY, US)

$1,395 per credit (full-time) 605 167
#84 Dartmouth College (Thayer)

(Hanover, NH, US)

$45,445 per year (full-time) 291 163
#84 Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO, US)

$6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,196 159
#84 New York University

(Brooklyn, NY, US)

$1,363 per credit (full-time) 2,365 161
#84 Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK, US)

$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $728 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 928 N/A
#84 University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH, US)

$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036per year (out-of-state, full-time) 870 161
#84 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN, US)

$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432per year (out-of-state, full-time) 980 160
#84 Worcester Polytechnic Institute

(Worcester, MA, US)

$23,058 per year (full-time) 1,125 163

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