2025 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of chemical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 41 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 complete 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 New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chemical Engineering in New Jersey

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

Top New Jersey Schools for a Doctorate in Chem Eng

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in chemical engineering needs to look into Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in chemical engineering has to check out New Jersey Institute of Technology. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	72
Pennsylvania	311	63
Maryland	190	33
Delaware	63	19

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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.