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2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
127 Degrees Awarded
$20,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Chem Eng Schools in Oregon 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 Oregon, there were 127 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,900 and $22,000 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical engineering programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school handed out 127 degrees to qualified ’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $20,016 for Oregon Chem Eng students with aid per year to attend Oregon State University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

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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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