美国工科研究生
专业解析及就业分析

化学工程(Chemical Engineering),简称化工,是研究以化学工业为代表的,以及其他过程工业(如石油炼制工业、冶金工业、食品工业、印染工业等)生产过程中有关化学过程与物理过程的一般原理和规律,并应用这些规律来解决过程及装置的开发、设计、操作及优化问题的工程技术学科。四大工程领域分别有:土木工程、机械工程、电气工程、化学工程。其中,化学工程占据最小的部分,但是,在行业内薪水确实最高的。

化学与化学工程

化学是化学工程的基础,化学就是各类化学分支的介绍,而化学工程仅需要简单的普通化学知识,更重要的是动量传递,热量传递,质量传递和化学反应过程,简称三传一反。化学偏重理论性,化工偏重实验与经验。

化学工程与材料工程

材料工程主要是研究材料的各种性能、制备方法、开发新材料、新性能,不仅需要化学上的知识,还需要各种物理上的知识。比如材料的微观结构,材料的力学性能,抗酸抗腐蚀等!化学工程是研究化学工业和其他过程工业 (process industry) 生产中所进行的化学过程和物理过程共同规律的一门工程学科。
开设学位 BS、MS、ME、PhD
平均薪水 化学工程师:$99,440
签证敏感度 中等
高中课程准备 理科
所属专业领域 工科
相关排名 2015USNEWS化学工程排名
2014QS化学工程世界排名

课程列表

有机化学 Organic Chemistry
物理化学 Physical Chemistry
微分方程 Differential Equations
物理学 Physics
工程制表 Engineering Graphics
工程力学 Engineering Mechanics
交通运输现象 Transport Phenomena
热力学 Thermodynamics
反应动力学 Reaction Kinetics
化学反应过程 Chemical Reaction Engineering
热能转换 Heat and Mass Transfer
处理系统加工与分析 Design and Analysis of Processing Systems
实习 Internship

就业状况

从事岗位:造纸厂,化肥制造商,制药公司,塑料制造商
从事职业:生化学家、化学工程师、化学家、生态学家、发明家、石油工程师、纺织制造商、化学材料科学家、环境工程师、药剂师

化学工程师美国各州就业情况:
州名 就业人数 薪水/h 薪水/年
德克萨斯州 6000 $58.03 $120,700
加州 2210 $48.33 $100,530
路易斯安那州 1930 $54.58 $113,520
宾夕法尼亚州 1760 $45.48 $113,520
俄亥俄州 1460 $42.75 $88,910
蒙大拿州 230 $47.99 $99,820
南卡罗来纳州 900 $42.86 $89,150
麻省 1200 $47.14 $98,050
弗吉尼亚州 1270 $64.72 $134,610
阿拉斯加州 100 $60.70 $126,250
特拉华州 —— $57.81 $120,240


2015USNews美国大学研究生化学工程专业排名
排名 院校 学费 工程专业研究生注册总人数
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
$43,210 per year (full-time) 3,174
#2 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
$39,990 per year (full-time) 569
#3 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
$45,480 per year (full-time) 3,517
#3 University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,936
#3 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
$14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,928
#6 University of Texas-Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX
$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,397
#7 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
$40,170 per year (full-time) 576
#8 University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
$12,991 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,093 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 765
#8 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
$11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,940
#10 Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
$11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4,576
#10 University of Delaware
Newark, DE
$1,578 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,578 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 887
#12 University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
$16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,154
#12 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
$22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,178
#14 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
$40,000 per year (full-time) 3,157
#14 Northwestern University (McCormick)
Evanston, IL
$45,120 per year (full-time) 1,799
#14 Purdue University-West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN
$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,333
#14 University of Colorado-Boulder
Boulder, CO
$12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,623
#18 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
$29,530 per year (full-time) 1,812
#19 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$28,768 per year (full-time) 1,609
#20 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
Baltimore, MD
$45,470 per year (full-time) 3,296
#20 North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
$7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,929
#20 Pennsylvania State University-University Park
University Park, PA
$19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,719
#23 Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,680
#23 University of California-Los Angeles (Samueli)
Los Angeles, CA
$12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,854
#23 University of Washington
Seattle, WA
$14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,139
#26 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
$45,100 per year (full-time) 783
#26 Rice University (Brown)
Houston, TX
$38,260 per year (full-time) 760
#28 Columbia University (Fu Foundation)
New York, NY
$39,360 per year (full-time) 2,827
#28 University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
$13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,130
#28 University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
$43,980 per year (full-time) 484
#31 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
$9,046 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,161
#31 Texas A&M University-College Station (Look)
College Station, TX
$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 3,066
#31 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
$12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,739
#31 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
$2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 882
#31 University of Southern California (Viterbi)
Los Angeles, CA
$29,448 per year (full-time) 4,857
#36 University at Buffalo-SUNY
Buffalo, NY
$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,801
#36 University of Maryland-College Park (Clark)
College Park, MD
$11,460 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,720 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,150
#36 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
$14,358 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,682 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 655
#39 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$621 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,220 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 897
#39 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
Piscataway, NJ
$15,552 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,704 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,162
#39 University of Houston (Cullen)
Houston, TX
$483 per credit (in-state, full-time); $837 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,208
#39 University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)
Pittsburgh, PA
$22,916 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,528 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,067
#39 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,193
#39 Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$44,100 per year (full-time) 879
#45 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
$38,588 per year (full-time) 633
#45 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
$14,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,330 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,269
#45 Lehigh University (Rossin)
Bethlehem, PA
$1,300 per credit (full-time) 826
#45 Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
$1,747 per credit (full-time) 495
#49 Arizona State University (Fulton)
Tempe, AZ
$10,300 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,286 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,136
#50 Auburn University (Ginn)
Auburn University, AL
$8,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 883
#50 University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
$10,508 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,380 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,041
#50 University of California-Irvine (Samueli)
Irvine, CA
$13,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,325
#50 Yale University
New Haven, CT
$36,500 per year (full-time) 196
#54 Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
$29,295 per year (full-time) 1,146
#54 University of California-San Diego (Jacobs)
La Jolla, CA
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,715
#54 University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
$12,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,698 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 534
#57 Clemson University
Clemson, SC
$9,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,536 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,427
#57 Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
$10,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,240 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 726
#57 CUNY-City College (Grove)
New York, NY
$10,740 per year (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 613
#57 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)
Chicago, IL
$1,204 per credit (full-time) 1,587
#57 Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
$6,631 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,706 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 667
#57 Northeastern University
Boston, MA
$1,315 per credit (full-time) 2,690
#57 Tufts University
Medford, MA
$27,472 per year (full-time) 592
#57 University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$8,106 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,690 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 412
#57 University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
$346 per credit (in-state, full-time); $810 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 637
#57 University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $675 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 555
#57 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
$6,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,772 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,180
#68 Brigham Young University (Fulton)
Provo, UT
$12,260 per year (full-time) 389
#68 Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
$14,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,202 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 907
#68 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
$13,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,177 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 912
#68 Texas Tech University (Whitacre)
Lubbock, TX
$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $607 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 728
#68 University of California-Riverside (Bourns)
Riverside, CA
$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,332 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 594
#68 University of Illinois-Chicago
Chicago, IL
$13,966 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,964 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,117
#74 Brown University
Providence, RI
$44,608 per year (full-time) 321
#74 Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
$1,324 per credit (full-time) 204
#74 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
$350 per credit (in-state, full-time); $790 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 468
#74 New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
$17,384 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,404 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,356
#74 Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
$1,294 per credit (full-time) 996
#74 Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
$44,950 per year (full-time) 66
#74 University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
$11,456 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,740 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 873
#74 University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
$10,772 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,838 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 518
#74 University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
$530 per credit (in-state, full-time); $878 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 634
#74 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
$1,395 per credit (full-time) 605
#84 Dartmouth College (Thayer)
Hanover, NH
$45,445 per year (full-time) 291
#84 Missouri University of Science & Technology
Rolla, MO
$6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,196
#84 New York University
Brooklyn, NY
$1,363 per credit (full-time) 2,365
#84 Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $728 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 928
#84 University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 870
#84 University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 980
#84 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
$23,058 per year (full-time) 1,125