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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,247 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,204 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #86 most popular major in Washington with 210 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Washington

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the best value school in Washington for chemical engineering students. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

UW Seattle undergraduate students pay an average of $12,076 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Chem Eng majors at UW Seattle take out an average of $21,848 in student loans while working on their egree.

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

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Washington. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wazzu are $12,417 per year. Chem Eng majors at Wazzu take out an average of $24,619 in student loans while working on their egree.

Wazzu also claimed a spot on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Washington list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Chemical Engineering at Washington State University Report

Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,136
Oregon 140
Nevada 40

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 2 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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