2024 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Kentucky

If you pursue a degree in chemical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #64 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Kentucky ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 140 degrees in chemical engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Chemical Engineering Schools List

Chemical Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Kentucky ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Chemical Engineering in Kentucky

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the chem eng degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Kentucky Schools in Chem Eng

1

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

53 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in chemical engineering has to check out University of Louisville. UofL is a very large public university located in the city of Louisville.More information about a degree in chemical engineering from University of Louisville

2

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

87 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

University of Kentucky is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in chemical engineering from University of Kentucky

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Chemical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	376
North Carolina	710	243
Georgia	690	241
Virginia	630	227
Tennessee	624	265
South Carolina	530	153
Mississippi	501	132
Alabama	500	379
Louisiana	489	234
Arkansas	466	81
West Virginia	410	55

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Rankings in Majors Related to Chem Eng

Chemical Engineering is one of 2 different types of Chemical Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.