2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 12,690 people earned their degree in chemical engineering, making the major the 64th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,506 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in chemical engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in chemical engineering.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree chem eng students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Southwest Region

1

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Miami, Oklahoma

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College landed the #1 spot on the list. Miami, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s chem eng degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

2

Blinn College
Brenham, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Blinn College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in the Southwest Region. Blinn College is a public institution located in Brenham, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Blinn College

3

Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in the Southwest Region. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Austin Community College District

4

McLennan Community College
Waco, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McLennan Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in the Southwest Region. MCC is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full MCC Chemical Engineering Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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