Chemical Engineering at Miami University-Oxford

Oxford, OH · Bachelor's Degree · about 39 graduates a year

$77,542
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$96,025
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$98,158
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#85 of 158
Rank by pay
#60 of 158
Rank, wage-adjusted
$20,500
Median federal debt

Miami University-Oxford graduates in chemical engineering earn 2% less than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 21% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Miami University-Oxford 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
…
82West Virginia University Institute of Technology Beckley, WV$96,503$114,168#17$69,875
83West Virginia University Morgantown, WV$96,503$114,168#18$69,875
84Manhattan College Riverdale, NY$96,134$91,500#114$73,333
85Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH$96,025$102,473#60$77,542
86University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO$95,989$102,920#57$69,950
87Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS$95,968$116,439#11$78,183
88University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO$95,780$89,573#121$70,359

Other Majors at Miami University-Oxford by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Management Information Systems and Services$111,158$72,045#9 of 166
Finance and Financial Management Services$110,406$71,203#26 of 452
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$102,249$74,770#27 of 126
Accounting and Related Services$101,808$67,743#47 of 796
Business/Managerial Economics$101,674$60,596#10 of 84
Engineering-Related Fields$99,473$74,624#8 of 33
Computer Engineering$96,840$71,836#141 of 189
Business Administration, Management and Operations$95,796$67,823#38 of 1176
Computer and Information Sciences$94,001$66,030#158 of 459
Economics$90,742$57,379#102 of 368
Statistics$90,388$61,702#24 of 50
Engineering Technologies/Technicians$89,862$69,483#5 of 34
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$89,052$58,914#81 of 118
Mechanical Engineering$87,343$68,067#256 of 318
Marketing$86,919$59,043#40 of 516
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$82,411$50,938#6 of 158
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$79,710$50,700#14 of 178
Area Studies$79,449$50,637#3 of 70
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$77,451$71,404#831 of 966
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology$77,163—#6 of 49
Political Science and Government$75,374$46,428#63 of 565
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs$72,484$34,923#11 of 48
Biology$72,037$38,122#72 of 841
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$70,919$40,486#29 of 610
Design and Applied Arts$67,981$47,295#27 of 299
International Relations and National Security Studies$67,301$38,766#55 of 118
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$67,193$47,731#28 of 67
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$62,575—#58 of 215
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$61,474$42,287#20 of 137
Architecture$61,466—#70 of 78

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Miami University-Oxford chemical engineering graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $77,542 one year after graduating and $96,025 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Miami University-Oxford rank for chemical engineering?

Among 158 colleges reporting earnings for chemical engineering graduates, Miami University-Oxford ranks #85 by median pay four years after graduation, and #60 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is chemical engineering at Miami University-Oxford worth it?

Its graduates earn 2% less than the national median for chemical engineering ($98,158), and the median federal debt at graduation is $20,500.

← All data for Miami University-Oxford · 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.