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Texas Chemical Engineers: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Chemical Engineers in Texas

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Fast Facts for Chemical Engineers in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Victoria, Beaumont, and College Station
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Dallas, Austin, and Houston
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Austin, and Beaumont

Salaries for Chemical Engineers in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Houston, Beaumont, and Dallas. (See table at bottom of page)

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Texas Chemical Engineering Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar UniversityBeaumontDoctorate10,213
Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie ViewDoctorate8,382
Rice UniversityHoustonDoctorate5,161
Texas A & M UniversityCollege StationDoctorate46,542
Texas A & M University-KingsvilleKingsvilleDoctorate6,567
Texas Tech UniversityLubbockDoctorate & First Professional28,260
The University of Texas at AustinAustinDoctorate50,170
University of HoustonHoustonDoctorate & First Professional34,663

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Chemical Engineers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Chemical Engineers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Chemical Engineers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

TEXAS

   
Victoria150$81,97018.4
Beaumont490$96,42016.1
College Station100$46,5107
Houston2,780$106,0305.3
Austin560$58,6303.6
Dallas400$81,9800.9
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