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2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$40,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 13,610 people earned their degree in chemical engineering, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States. 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 New Jersey, there were 387 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,250 and $25,964 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 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.

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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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 Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Princeton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. Located in Princeton, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Princeton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton are $56,470, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Princeton

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #2 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 6 doctorate’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Rutgers New Brunswick

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s chem eng degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

NJIT also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Jersey Institute of Technology are $33,744, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

#4

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stevens, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens are $38,876, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology

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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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