Department of Chemical Engineering ::: CALTECH

Careers

Private Business and Government Laboratories
In the past 20 years, many of our graduates (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) have joined the scientific ranks of the many companies and government laboratories. To view or print a list please open a 1 page MS Word DOC (48KB) or Acrobat PDF (20KB).

Employment breakdowns (provided by AIChE) of recent years '00-'01 are available in this website. --Including statistics regarding initial placement and employment of BS, MS, and PhD Chemical Engineers. Click here to visit an html page or open Acrobat PDF (216KB).

Academia
Caltech Chemical Engineering Department graduates have taken faculty positions, becoming Professors at top ChE programs in the country. To view or print a list please open MS Word DOC (52KB) or Acrobat PDF (16KB).

Click here to see a larger image, including breakdowns of BS, MS, and PhD employment

Where did the Young Professors (last 10 Years) in the top 10 ChE programs* obtain their degrees?

Rank^†	University	Number Produced	Ratio
1	MIT	11	0.33
2	UC Berkeley	8	0.42
3	U Minnesota	4	0.11
4	Caltech	15	1.5
5	Stanford	5	0.42
6	UT Austin	3	0.14
7	U Wisconsin	3	0.19
8	U Delaware	4	0.17
9	Princeton	5	0.26
10	U Illinois	5	0.42
11	U Michigan	5	0.19
12	UC Santa Barbara	0	0
13	Carnegie Mellon U	5	0.28
14	Georgia Tech	0	0
15	Purdue University	1	0.05
16	Northwestern	1	0.06
17	Cornell	2	0.11

^†U.S. News and World Report, 2001
*Does not include Environmental Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry or Materials Science students

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