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Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,618 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 285 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #60 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Maryland to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for chem eng students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Maryland. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMCP are $10,955 a year.

UMCP also made our Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMBC are $12,280 per year. Chem Eng majors at UMBC take out an average of $25,270 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in Maryland. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins are $58,720 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Johns Hopkins is ranked #2 for overall quality for chem eng in Maryland.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 836
New York 870
New Jersey 394
District of Columbia 23
Delaware 108

Chemical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Chem Eng

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova.

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