2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

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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 Pennsylvania, there were 98 chemical and biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 chemical and biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great chemical and biomolecular engineering programs and cost less that 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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Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 32 masters’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also made our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760.

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#2

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lehigh is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 masters’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$21,978 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas Jefferson University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s chemical engineering degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Thomas Jefferson University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Thomas Jefferson University are $21,978.

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