2024 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

If you pursue a doctor's degree in chemical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #28 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 24 doctor's degrees in chemical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to chemical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other chemical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt chemical engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized chemical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chemical Engineering in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in chemical engineering.

Top Virginia Schools for a Doctorate in Chem Eng

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

9 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

11 Annual Graduates

Virginia Tech is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	16
Georgia	126	40
North Carolina	115	27
Mississippi	113	0
Louisiana	103	19
Tennessee	102	12
Alabama	98	13
South Carolina	91	13
Kentucky	87	11

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Chemical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Chemical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Chem Eng Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering	20
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Chem Eng

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	64
Other Engineering	35
Civil Engineering	34
General Engineering	31
Mechanical Engineering	31
Biomedical Engineering	24
Materials Engineering	19
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	16
Systems Engineering	16
Computer Engineering	11

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova. More about our data sources and methodologies.