Chemical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of California - Davis. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in chem eng, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The bachelor's program at UC Davis was ranked #56 on College Factual's Best Schools for chem eng list. It is also ranked #6 in California.
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Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $3,155 | $3,155 |
Books and Supplies | $1,178 | $1,178 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,238 | $17,238 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,638 | $4,638 |
Learn more about UC Davis tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Chem Eng students who received their bachelor’s degree at UC Davis took out an average of $18,499 in student loans. That is 18% lower than the national average of $22,589.
The median early career salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UC Davis is $58,912 per year. That is 6% lower than the national average of $62,713.
UC Davis does not offer an online option for its chem eng bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UC Davis Online Learning page.
About 41.5% of the students who received their BS in chem eng in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 51.5% of the chem eng bachelor’s degrees at UC Davis in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 44 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 35 |
International Students | 26 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 111 |
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 19 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 129 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 76 |
Biomedical Engineering | 116 |
Civil Engineering | 146 |
Computer Engineering | 100 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.