by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in Maine for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 12,917 people earned their degree in chemical engineering, making the major the 70th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,870 and had an average of $23,285 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 36 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,852 and $25,076 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,717 and $0 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful chemical engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in Maine for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in Maine for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in Maine for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 3 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
