2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 293 people earned their degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering, making the major the 753rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 139 chemical and biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 chemical and biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical and biomolecular engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemical and biomolecular engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified doctorate’s chemical engineering students in 2019-2020.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UPenn Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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