2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Tennessee, there were 225 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,125 and $19,531 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in chemical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee master’s degree chem eng students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$20,498 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cookeville, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee Tech University are $20,498.

Full Tennessee Tech University Chemical Engineering Report

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Vanderbilt Chemical Engineering Report

#3

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 1 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (With Aid)

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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