Employment Information

By the numbers

According to an informal LinkedIn survey of 2020 alumni (BS, MS, and PhDs) conducted in Q12021:

  • 61% were employed full-time.
  • 7% were participating in internships.
  • 14% were continuing their education.
Where our alumni live and work
  • 42% found work or attended school in Colorado.
  • 50% were elsewhere in the U.S.
  • 8% worked internationally.
Industry fields
  • Aerospace: 2%
  • Biotech & Pharma: 35%
  • Communications: 1%
  • Construction / Architecture: 1%
  • Consumer Goods: 2%
  • Data Management: 1%
  • Design: 1%
  • Environmental Consulting: 1%
  • Facilities Engineering: 1%
  • Food: 2%
  • Healthcare: 5%
  • Industrial Engineering: 1%
  • Information Services: 1%
  • Information Technology and Software: 1%
  • Materials and Nanomaterials: 10%
  • Medical Devices: 4%
  • Oil and Gas: 15%
  • Renewable Energy: 7%
  • Semiconductors: 1%
  • SW & Systems Eng: 5%

ChBE Department graduates have gone on to work with or been recruited by these companies in recent years.




Company / Organization Field City State / Country
3M Materials Brownwood TX
ACZ Laboratories Environmental Steamboat Springs CO
AECOM Infrastructure Richland/Kennewick/Pasco WA
Aramco Oil and Gas Dhahran Saudi Arabia
Arcadis Infrastructure Denver CO
ArcherDX, Inc. Biotech / Pharma Boulder CO
AVEVA Business Consulting Kula Lumpur Malaysia
Black Bear Energy Inc. Energy Boulder CO
Bond Pet Foods Chemical / Food Boulder CO
Boston University Academia Boston MA
Boulder Community Health Healthcare Boulder CO
Boulder Salt Company Food Boulder CO
Cairn Energy Research Advisors Energy Boulder CO
Caltech Academia Pasadena CA
Chevron Oil and Gas Various Various
Climate-KIC Research / Government Amsterdam Netherlands
CME America LLC Medical Devices Golden CO
Corden Pharma Biotech / Pharma Boulder CO
CrossPoint Engineering Process Engineering Boston MA
cyberTECHNOLOGIES Surface Measurement Chandler AZ
Deloitte Consulting Business Consulting Denver CO
DMC Biotechnologies, Inc. Biotech / Pharma Boulder CO
Dropworks Biotech / Pharma Boulder CO
Ecolab Water St. Paul MN
Elion Labs / KBI Biopharma Biotech / Pharma Louisville CO
Epic Software Madison WI
Extract Labs Cannabis and Hemp Boulder CO
ExxonMobil Oil and Gas Spring TX
Flex Manufacturing Austin TX
Forge Nano / ALD Nano Louisville CO
Genentech Biotechnology San Francisco CA
Gusto Payroll Services Sales Boulder CO
HackSchool - HadaNou Collective Education Denver CO
Hau Processing Cannabis and Hemp Denver CO
HDR, Inc. Infrastructure Omaha NE
Infectious Disease Research Institute Academia Seattle WA
Insulet Corporation Medical Devices Billerica MA
Intel Corporation Computers / Technology Phoenix AZ
KBI Biopharma Biotech / Pharma Boulder CO
KBR, Inc. Aerospace and Defense Houston TX
Lexmark Computers / Technology Boulder CO
Lockheed Martin Aerospace and Defense Denver CO
Lonza Chemicals Denver CO
Los Alamos National Laboratory Renewable Energy Los Alamos NM
Master Builders Solutions Materials / Construction Brighton CO
Medtronic Medical Devices Boulder CO
Merck Biotech / Pharma Various Various
Micron Technology, Inc. Computer Technology Various Various
Moosejaw Mountaineering Retail Boulder CO
National Institute of Standards and Technology - U.S. Dept. of Commerce Government / Research Boulder / Various CO / Various
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Renewable / Alternative Energy Golden CO
NBC Universal Media, LLC Media Denver CO
Novartis Gene Therapies (formerly AveXis) Genetic Research / Therapeutics Bannockburn IL
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Research Richland WA
Paragon Bioservices, Inc. / Catalent Biologics Biotech / Pharma Baltimore MD
Penn State University Academia University Park PA
Phillips 66 Oil and Gas Various Various
Pigler Automation, LLC Process Engineering Longmont CO
PolyPeptide Group Biotech / Pharma Various Various
Project Farma Biotech / Pharma Various Various
Prospect Life Sciences Medical Devices Westminster CO
Ramboll Infrastructure San Francisco CA
Rm3 Labs Cannabis and Hemp Boulder CO
SABIC Chemical Manufacturing Jubail Industrial City Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco Oil and Gas Dhahran Saudi Arabia
Schlumberger Oil and Gas Various Various
Seagate Technology Materials Various Various
SEMES Computers / Technology Various Various
Seven Generations Energy Ltd. Oil and Gas Calgary Canada
Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc. Biotech / Pharma Cambridge MA
SigmaRiver Defense Pueblo CO
SoCalGas Oil and Gas Los Angeles CA
Synthetic Genomics Alternative Energy / Biofuels San Diego CA
Takeda Biotech / Pharma Boston MA
Tensentric Medical Devices Boulder CO
Terumo BCT Biotech / Pharma Lakewood CO
The John Hopkins University Academia Baltimore MD
Thermo Fisher Scientific Biotech / Pharma West Hills CA
Tolmar Biotech / Pharma Windsor CO
Trinity Consultants, Inc. Environment Dallas TX
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Research Aurora CO
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Oil and Gas Seri Iskandar Malaysia
University of California San Diego Academia San Diego CA
University of California Berkeley Academia Berkeley CA
University of Colorado Boulder Research Boulder CO
University of Toronto Academia Toronto Canada
Vail Resorts Recreation Breckenridge CO
Vista Engineering Group Biotech / Pharma Boulder CO
Vista Therapeutics, Inc. Biotech / Pharma Santa Fe NM
Watchmaker Genomics Biotech / Pharma Boulder CO
Wind River Environmental Group, LLC Alternative Energy Denver CO
Xylem Inc. Water Charlotte NC