The main focus area for this major is Chemical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Chemical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in chem eng, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Cal Poly Pomona was ranked #102 on College Factual's Best Schools for chem eng list. It is also ranked #10 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for Cal Poly Pomona.
The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $1,697 | $1,697 |
Books and Supplies | $1,022 | $1,022 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,570 | $16,570 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,152 | $3,152 |
Learn more about Cal Poly Pomona 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 Cal Poly Pomona took out an average of $21,000 in student loans. That is 7% lower than the national average of $22,589.
chem eng who receive their bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly Pomona make an average of $63,377 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $62,713.
Cal Poly Pomona 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 Cal Poly Pomona Online Learning page.
Women made up around 43.0% of the chem eng students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37.4%.
Around 69.6% of chem eng bachelor’s degree recipients at Cal Poly Pomona in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 19 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 26 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 19 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Chemical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 79 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 103 |
Civil Engineering | 235 |
Computer Engineering | 105 |
Electrical Engineering | 115 |
Mechanical Engineering | 225 |
*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.