化学工程硕士课程为学生提供了从工厂运营到工厂设计的各种行业就业经验的准备。合格的MS毕业生也可能会获得研究中的就业机会。通常，起薪比BS毕业生的起薪略高。MS学位旨在为学生提供扎实的化学工程原理基础和丰富的研究经验。对于希望获得设计经验而不是研究经验的学生，可以选择侧重于设计的MS学位。
New Masters students are typically only admitted to the M.E. program. In cases where a Chemical Engineering faculty member is willing to serve as thesis advisor, it may be possible for M.E. students to transition to a thesis-based M.S. degree after being admitted to the M.E. degree program.<br><br>The M.S. degree program requires full-time enrollment.<br><br>For the M.S. degree, students will take five core graduate courses dealing with the fundamental aspects of chemical engineering. These courses comprise half (15 credits) of the minimum 30-credit requirement for the M.S. degree. The M.S. degree requires a minimum of 6 credits of research and an independent research effort culminating in a written thesis that must be defended before an examining committee. The M.S. degree requires three elective graduate courses, in addition to the five core graduate courses.