2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Washington

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 Vallue Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Washington, there were 222 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,000 and $18,316 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree chem eng students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chem eng degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UW Seattle Chemical Engineering Report

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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