A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems employing chemical processes, such as chemical reactors, kinetic systems, electrochemical systems, energy conservation processes, heat and mass transfer systems, and separation processes; and the applied analysis of chemical problems such as corrosion, particle abrasion, energy loss, pollution, and fluid mechanics.
| A major in Chemical Engineering is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 6
Massachusetts
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Chemical Engineering among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA | 77
(6.3%) |  |  | |
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| | Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA | 31
(4.6%) |  | | |
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| | Tufts University
Medford, MA | 23
(1.6%) | | | |
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| | Northeastern University
Boston, MA | 37
(1.1%) |  |  | |
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| | University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA | 12
(0.9%) |  |  | |
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| | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA | 32
(0.7%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.