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2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chemical Engineering is the 66th most popular major in the country with 13,610 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,963 and had an average of $22,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 127 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,900 and $22,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great chemical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chemical 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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The chem eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. Oregon State University is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 118 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State is $15,770 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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