2024 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Chemical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #27 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for chemical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 19 doctor's degrees in chemical engineering to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to chemical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other chemical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized chemical engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for chemical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chemical Engineering in Indiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in chemical engineering.

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Chem Eng

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Notre Dame if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from University of Notre Dame

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. Purdue is a very large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	36
Michigan	257	38
Ohio	253	53
Wisconsin	163	20

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Chemical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 2 majors within the Chemical Engineering area of study, Chemical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova. More about our data sources and methodologies.