2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemical Engineering Major in the Southeast Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemical Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 266 people earned their degree in chemical & biomolecular engineering, making the major the 782nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 19 chemical & biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 chemical & biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemical Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in chemical & biomolecular engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their chemical & biomolecular engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemical Engineering Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree chemical engineering students.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemical Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s chemical engineering students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Tulane University of Louisiana
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemical Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #2 spot on the list. VCU is a large public school situated in Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 3 doctorate’s chemical engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Full Virginia Commonwealth University Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Chemical Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s chemical engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at University of South Alabama
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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