7 Best Chemical Engineering schools in Houston, TX

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Below is a list of best universities in Houston ranked based on their research performance in Chemical Engineering. A graph of 926K citations received by 15.6K academic papers made by 7 universities in Houston was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Rice University

For Chemical Engineering

#2 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

2. University of Houston

For Chemical Engineering

#4 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

3. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Chemical Engineering

#12 in Texas
Enrollment
364
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1941

4. Baylor College of Medicine

For Chemical Engineering

#14 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,610
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

5. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

For Chemical Engineering

#17 in Texas
Enrollment
5,354
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1972

6. University of Houston - Clear Lake

For Chemical Engineering

#30 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1082
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
80%

7. Texas Southern University

For Chemical Engineering

#33 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
97%
Average SAT
910
Average ACT
17
Receiving Aid
99%

Universities for Chemical Engineering near Houston

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University
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69 Prairie View A&M University 280
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Prairie View, Texas
77 University of Texas Medical Branch 263
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Galveston, Texas
130 Lamar University 168
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Beaumont, Texas
132 Texas A&M University - College Station 20
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College Station, Texas
234 University of Texas at Austin 4
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Austin, Texas
247 Texas State University 201
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San Marcos, Texas
259 Baylor University 243
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Waco, Texas
303 University of Texas at San Antonio 142
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San Antonio, Texas
310 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 178
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San Antonio, Texas
328 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 191
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Lafayette, Louisiana