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Highest earning chemical engineering programs in New York
New York chemical engineering programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University | Ithaca | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $85,578 | 55 |
| 2 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $78,263 | 130 |
| 3 | Clarkson University | Potsdam | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $75,887 | 70 |
| 4 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $73,984 | 55 |
| 5 | Manhattan University | Riverdale | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $73,333 | 49 |
| 6 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | Public, 4-year | $72,868 | 31 |
| 7 | University of Rochester | Rochester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,028 | 31 |
| 8 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo | Public, 4-year | $67,873 | 67 |
| 9 | CUNY City College | New York | Public, 4-year | $67,450 | 68 |
| 10 | New York University | New York | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $60,392 | 46 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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