Which Ohio chemical engineering program has the lowest debt?

Miami University reports the lowest median federal debt, $20,500, with first-year pay of $77,542.

How much do chemical engineering graduates earn in Ohio?

The median across 10 Ohio chemical engineering bachelor's programs is $77,499 in the first year after graduating and $94,844 five years after.

How many chemical engineering bachelor's programs are in Ohio?

10 Ohio programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's) Programs in Ohio, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

10 programs report first-year pay
10 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Ohio chemical engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $77,499 in their first year, $3,658 more than the national median. Case Western reports the highest first-year pay ($83,706), and Miami University the lowest median debt ($20,500).

Median first-year pay$77,499National $73,841

Median pay after 5 years$94,844National $97,933

Median federal debt$23,209National $23,274

Debt-to-earnings31%National 32%

All 10 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Case WesternCleveland · private nonprofit	$83,706	$98,005	$23,250	28%
2	University of CincinnatiCincinnati · public	$82,372	$92,906	$21,333	26%
3	University of DaytonDayton · private nonprofit	$79,865	$99,917	$22,999	29%
4	University of ToledoToledo · public	$79,750	$96,237	$25,750	32%
5	Miami UniversityOxford · public	$77,542	$97,829	$20,500	26%
6	Ohio StateColumbus · public	$77,455	$97,429	$20,500	26%
7	University of AkronAkron · public	$71,873	$93,451	$23,168	32%
8	Youngstown StateYoungstown · public	$69,609	$82,846	$26,545	38%
9	Cleveland StateCleveland · public	$69,043	$84,127	$28,826	42%
10	Ohio UniversityAthens · public	$67,322	$88,141	$23,250	35%

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 the 10 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$166,870

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $117,640Top 10%: $220,990

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

$111,550

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $78,440Top 10%: $167,600

Chemical Engineers

$111,200

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $76,940Top 10%: $169,600

Common questions

Case Western in Cleveland reports the highest median first-year pay, $83,706. Its median federal debt is $23,250.

Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked147 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the chemical engineering bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024