2023 Most Popular Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Minnesota

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chemical Engineering is the 70th most popular major in the country with 12,917 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Minnesota, there were 191 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,614 and $23,806 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in chemical engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in chemical engineering.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota chem eng students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Minnesota

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 overall quality in Minnesota

$50,445 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,026 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 137 ’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota

#10 overall quality in Minnesota

$41,529 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,524 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in Minnesota list. UMN Duluth is a public institution located in Duluth, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 54 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Minnesota - Duluth Chemical Engineering Report

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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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