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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$32,045 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$112,828 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, chemical engineering was ranked #72 in the country. In fact 12,917 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Southeast 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.

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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 per year.

Georgia Tech also made our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #4.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.

Clemson also claimed a spot on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

NC State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 per year.

Virginia Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #3 for overall quality for chem eng in the Southeast Region .

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#6

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Louisiana State University are $29,966 a year.

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#8

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 a year.

Auburn also claimed a spot on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 per year.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report

#10

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

With a ranking of #10, Florida State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 per year.

Full Chemical Engineering at Florida State University Report

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 241
Virginia 231
North Carolina 245
Florida 377
Tennessee 265
Kentucky 140
South Carolina 153
Louisiana 242
Arkansas 81
Alabama 381
Mississippi 137
West Virginia 55

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 19 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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