<p>For personal reasons, I have to stay close to home (NJ) when I go to college, so I'm looking for anything in the PA/NJ/NY areas. I want to major in chemical engineering, so what schools in this area have great chemical engineering programs? I know Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, and UPenn.</p>
<p>NRC rankings: Delaware #6 ; CMU #7; Penn State #12; JHU #12; RPI #12; Yale #12; Rochester #14; Lehigh #16</p>
<p>Your home state flagship, Rutgers, is at #53</p>