Chemical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Bachelor's Degree · about 170 graduates a year

$85,847
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$104,104
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$98,158
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#30 of 158
Rank by pay
#37 of 158
Rank, wage-adjusted
$26,250
Median federal debt

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus graduates in chemical engineering earn 6% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 25% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Compares for Chemical Engineering

All 158 colleges reporting chemical engineering earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA$122,093$107,516#38$80,139
2Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN$121,641$132,880#1$75,639
3University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA$121,027$110,127#32$81,553
4Cornell University Ithaca, NY$116,165$110,565#30$85,578
5Lafayette College Easton, PA$115,726$117,694#7$79,602
6The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX$115,423$117,351#9$87,365
7Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA$114,226$132,225#2$74,786
8University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN$113,614$121,887#4$83,377
9Rice University Houston, TX$113,605$115,503#13$87,830
10University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA$113,317$103,111#54$79,737
…
27North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC$104,705$112,363#22$81,492
28Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN$104,514$112,124#24$81,105
29University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL$104,317$102,491#59$77,440
30Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA$104,104$107,769#37$85,847
31University of Delaware Newark, DE$103,910$103,287#53$80,564
32Kettering University Flint, MI$103,868$109,517#33$71,411
33Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA$103,728$105,492#44$82,218

Other Majors at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer and Information Sciences$150,628$105,137#14 of 459
Computer Engineering$128,497$93,629#23 of 189
Industrial Engineering$128,003$87,826#2 of 94
Mathematics$122,099—#12 of 309
Nuclear Engineering$114,772—#2 of 12
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$111,655$86,865#29 of 258
Business Administration, Management and Operations$106,155$73,557#23 of 1176
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$102,755$74,562#20 of 118
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$102,415$79,300#16 of 59
Mechanical Engineering$99,955$78,862#40 of 318
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$99,915$76,507#1 of 158
Design and Applied Arts$95,697$52,694#3 of 299
Materials Engineering$92,260$76,488#16 of 34
Civil Engineering$85,133$75,688#116 of 233
Research and Experimental Psychology$83,012—#3 of 82
Physics$82,431—#40 of 107
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering$81,818$70,008#22 of 46
International Relations and National Security Studies$79,264—#17 of 118
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$72,940$25,623#30 of 110
Architecture$71,292$48,863#20 of 78
Science, Technology and Society$65,454$40,297#8 of 10
Public Policy Analysis—$48,383—
Biology—$19,167—

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus chemical engineering graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $85,847 one year after graduating and $104,104 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus rank for chemical engineering?

Among 158 colleges reporting earnings for chemical engineering graduates, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus ranks #30 by median pay four years after graduation, and #37 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is chemical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus worth it?

Its graduates earn 6% more than the national median for chemical engineering ($98,158), and the median federal debt at graduation is $26,250.

← All data for Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.