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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$23,464 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$112,828 Avg Salary

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

Chemical Engineering is the #87 most popular major in California with 1,136 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for chem eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the chem eng doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,160 per year.

UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best value school in California for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $13,036 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UCSB graduate students pay an average of $13,581 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $13,608 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Irvine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in California. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $13,356 per year.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSD are $13,564 a year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of California - Riverside did quite well on this year’s best value schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a very large student population.

UCR graduate students pay an average of $13,467 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Southern California landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.

Stanford not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 210
Oregon 140
Nevada 40

One of 40 majors within the area of study, chemical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 9 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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