Youngstown State Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering
- Public university
- Youngstown, OH
- About 24 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Youngstown State chemical engineering graduates earn about what chemical engineering graduates earn nationally, $69,609 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,545 in federal loans, close to the national median of $23,274. Several Ohio programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Ohio and national columns are the medians across all chemical engineering bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Youngstown State graduates earn less than the national figure and about $11,998 less than the Ohio median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Ohio chemical engineering program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Ohio medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 19% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $281 a month, or 4.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
55% of graduates (16 of 29) were working in Ohio one year after graduating. Prices in the Youngstown area are about 13% below the national average, so a $69,609 salary here buys what about $79,650 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to chemical engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Architectural and Engineering Managers
$166,870Median pay in Ohio. 9,690 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
$111,550Median pay in Ohio. 700 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Chemical Engineers
$111,200Median pay in Ohio. 1,030 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Youngstown State
Chemical Engineering ranks 2nd of 36 bachelor's programs at Youngstown State by first-year earnings. The top three are Electrical Engineering ($74,799), Chemical Engineering ($69,609), and Industrial Engineering ($69,202).
Other chemical engineering bachelor's programs near Youngstown
Common questions
The median graduate earns $69,609 one year after graduating and $82,846 five years after. The median across chemical engineering bachelor's programs in Ohio is $77,499.
The median federal loan balance is $26,545, which ranks 9th lowest of 10 chemical engineering bachelor's programs in Ohio. That works out to about $281 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 38% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 32%. Compare the cost with other Ohio programs before deciding.
Most do. 55% (16 of 29) were working in Ohio one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Ohio comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the chemical engineering program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024