Chemical Rankings
Chemical engineering involves chemistry, biology, math, and physics. These are the top undergraduate schools for chemical engineering, where the highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate.
| Rankings | Overall College Data | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Save | Rank | School | Tuition | Total enrollment | Fall 2011 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate | Classes with under 20 students | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
$42,050 | 10,894 | 9.7% | 98% | 93 | Locked | Locked | |
| #2 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
N/A | 36,142 | 21.6% | 97% | 90 | Locked | Locked | |
| #3 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI |
in-state: $10,384, out-of-state: $26,634 | 42,441 | 50.5% | 94% | 83 | Locked | Locked | |
| #4 |
University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX |
in-state: $9,792, out-of-state: $33,060 | 51,112 | 46.6% | 92% | 81 | Locked | Locked | |
| #5 |
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN |
N/A | 52,557 | 46.6% | 89% | 70 | Locked | Locked | |
| #6 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
$41,787 | 19,945 | 7.1% | 98% | 96 | Locked | Locked | |
| #7 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
in-state: $10,098, out-of-state: $29,402 | 20,941 | 51.2% | 94% | 79 | Locked | Locked | |
| #8 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
$39,588 | 2,231 | 12.8% | 98% | 87 | Locked | Locked | |
| #9 |
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |
in-state: $14,428, out-of-state: $28,570 | 44,407 | 67.6% | 94% | 82 | Locked | Locked | |
| #10 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
$38,650 | 7,859 | 8.5% | 98% | 96 | Locked | Locked | |
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