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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

7 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$10,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering is the 753rd most popular major in the country with 293 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 185 chemical and biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical and biomolecular engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical and biomolecular engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chemical and biomolecular engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 11 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, MIT has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $1,820 for Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at MIT

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemical engineering students in 2019-2020.

UPenn also took the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $4,833 for Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UPenn.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UPenn Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UW Seattle is $7,467 for bachelor’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UW Seattle Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #4 spot on the list. UC Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 19 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,769 for Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UC Davis.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full University of California - Davis Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Report

#5

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Stony Brook, New York, this large public school handed out 32 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemical engineering students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook also took the #5 spot in our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,993 for bachelor’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SUNY Stony Brook.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at SUNY Stony Brook

#6

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Milwaukee School of Engineering did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Milwaukee School of Engineering is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees to qualified students.

MSOE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Milwaukee School of Engineering is $16,882 for bachelor’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at MSOE

#7 in overall quality

Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #7 spot in our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio University - Athens Campus is $18,863 for bachelor’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Report

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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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