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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

15 Colleges
$30,958 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,252 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Master'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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 10 Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named San Jose State University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at San Jose State are $18,790 a year.

San Jose State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great value for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.

UCLA also took the #5 spot in our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW Seattle are $30,912 a year.

UW Seattle also claimed a spot on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

UCSD graduate students pay an average of $28,666 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCSD also did well on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of California - Santa Barbara helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.

UCSB graduate students pay an average of $28,683 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 per year.

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 a year.

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for chemical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

Stanford graduate students pay an average of $55,011 in tuition and fees each year.

Stanford not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Chemical Engineering at Stanford University Report

University of California - Berkeley ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $29,262 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, UC Berkeley is ranked #3 for overall quality for chem eng in the Far Western US Region .

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University of California - Irvine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UC Irvine graduate students pay an average of $28,458 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,136
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 15 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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