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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$25,768 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest 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.

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. 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.

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

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

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

Top 10 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 20% of our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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#5

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Lamar University is a large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 per year.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus 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. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, OSU also is in the top 20% of our Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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#7

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

Rice graduate students pay an average of $49,941 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, Rice is ranked #1 for overall quality for chem eng in the Southwest Region .

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Arizona State University - Tempe 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 #8 on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 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 #9 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.

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#10

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

University of Tulsa landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Tulsa are $25,182 a year.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 914
Arizona 286
Oklahoma 182
New Mexico 120

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

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 11 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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