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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$28,379 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$112,828 Avg Salary

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

Chemical Engineering is the #72 most popular major in the country with 12,917 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

The Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for chem eng majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.

BYU also made our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UW is a large public school located in the town of Laramie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Wyoming Report

#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Colorado School of Mines is a great value for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Idaho is a great value for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of I are $29,148 a year.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Idaho Report

University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for chemical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder Report

Montana State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also made our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.

Full Chemical Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 378
Utah 213
Idaho 28
Montana 92
Wyoming 41

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 8 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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