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2024 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in New Jersey

5 Colleges in New Jersey
394 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
$64,482 Avg Early-Career Salary
Chemical Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #70 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for chemical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 394 degrees in chemical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Chemical Engineering School

Best Chemical Engineering Schools in New Jersey Your choice of chemical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for chemical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Chem Eng
Master's Degrees in Chem Eng
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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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey

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 New Jersey Schools in Chem Eng

1
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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
52 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
17.3% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Princeton University if you want to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. Princeton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Princeton. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.

There were approximately 52 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, chem eng degree recipients typically make about $65,473 in their early careers.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
71 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
$71,800 Median Starting Salary

Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hoboken. A Best Colleges rank of #64 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stevens is a great school overall.

There were approximately 71 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stevens in the most recent year we have data available. Those chemical engineering students who get their degree from Stevens Institute of Technology make $7,318 more than the typical chem eng grad.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
108 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
$55,293 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you wish to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick. This university ranks 3rd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were roughly 108 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, chem eng degree recipients usually make an average of $55,293 in their early careers.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
112 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
5.4% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat New Jersey Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a large student population. This school ranks 4th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were about 112 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at NJIT in the most recent data year. Those chemical engineering students who get their degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology make $3,272 more than the typical chem eng grad.

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Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
51 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
27.5% Growth in Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were approximately 51 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, chem eng degree recipients typically make around $58,819 in the first five years of their career.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 334 835
New York 333 857
Maryland 279 285
District of Columbia 188 23
Delaware 175 108

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Chemical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Chem Eng Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering 394

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 945
Electrical Engineering 766
Civil Engineering 670
Biomedical Engineering 407
Computer Engineering 350
Systems Engineering 287
General Engineering 252
Engineering Science 244
Industrial Engineering 174
Operations Research 79

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