2025 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Missouri
3Colleges in Missouri
198Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #64 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 198 degrees in chemical engineering annually.
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. We derive our Best Overall Chemical Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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 Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the chem eng degree levels they offer.
Washington University in St Louis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemical engineering. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 56 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.
Missouri University of Science and Technology is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 5th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 99 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Missouri University of Science and Technology in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 43 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
Chemical Engineering is one of 2 different types of Chemical Engineering programs to choose from.
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).
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