I went the Chem E route at UH as a NMF. Full ride and great Honors College so a solid safety.
Note that ChemE specialties vary by school. Purdue is strong in engineering for consumer products as well as chemical manufacturing.
UH, A&M are going to be more oil driven. Some more chemicals, paints, polymers. Ivies will often lead to consulting. I know a couple Chem Es from Notre Dame who made it up to VP in Finance at Fortune 50 CPG. Another friend was a Purdue ChemE who started at the same Fortune 50 as an R&D Engineer. He got a top 50 MBA and transitioned to finance at the same company. He’s now CFO of an oil company.