In addition to meeting application requirements, you’ll have to consider how much it will cost to study at your dream school. Colleges and universities offer scholarships and financial aid, as do corporations, associations, and the government. You might be surprised by the options you discover. To help you get a sense of your baseline education costs, here are the typical tuition rates for a chemical engineering degree:

average yearly tuition as per the most recent US census data
$ 11,560 per year
Average in-state tuition in 2017

38% above average compared to other degrees

$ 29,425 per year
Average out-of-state tuition in 2017

46% above average compared to other degrees

$ 46,270 per year
Average private tuition in 2017

43% above average compared to other degrees

What do chemical engineering graduates earn?

Chemical engineering students make an average of $101,094 per year after graduation. This is 51% above average compared to other undergraduate degrees.

$ 101,094 per year
Average graduate salary in 2017

Top 96% of degrees

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% of people underpaid in 2019

0% above average compared to other degrees

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