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2024 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in New York

11 Colleges in New York
837 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in chemical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #64 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 11 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of chemical engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 837 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 York The chem eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Chemical Engineering rankings. 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.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Chemical Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Chem Eng
Master's Degrees in Chem Eng
Doctor's Degrees in Chem Eng

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 York 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 York

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.

10 Top New York Schools in Chem Eng

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
131 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

Cornell University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.

There were roughly 131 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY
114 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were roughly 114 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In NY
44 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

University of Rochester is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemical engineering. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Rochester. A Best Colleges rank of #104 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.

There were approximately 44 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent data year.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY
97 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #106 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means RPI is a great school overall.

There were roughly 97 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent data year.

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New York University
New York, NY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In NY
51 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.

There were approximately 51 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In NY
34 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 34 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.

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7
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In NY
48 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Potsdam. This university ranks 25th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 48 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clarkson in the most recent data year.

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8
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NY
118 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 23rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 118 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In NY
44 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. This school ranks 22nd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 44 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at RIT in the most recent year we have data available.

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Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In NY
40 Chem Eng Degrees Awarded

Manhattan is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Riverdale. This college ranks 55th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 40 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Manhattan in the most recent year we have data available.

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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 978 785
Maryland 618 285
New Jersey 614 394
District of Columbia 441 23
Delaware 345 108

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Chemical Engineering is one of 2 different types of Chemical Engineering programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering 33

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