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Best Value Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$32,335 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,252 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 836 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #52 most popular major in the state.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Pennsylvania to see which master's degree 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.

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.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Chemical Engineering

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best value school in Pennsylvania for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.

Villanova also made our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #3.

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#2

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bucknell University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bucknell are $26,112 a year.

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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Lehigh University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lehigh are $27,130 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Lehigh is ranked #5 for overall quality for chem eng in Pennsylvania.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Pitt are $25,248 a year.

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#5

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Carnegie Mellon graduate students pay an average of $47,347 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#6

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania 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 #6 on the list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UPenn not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#7

Widener University

Chester, PA

Widener University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the large suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Widener graduate students pay an average of $25,416 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 per year.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 870
Maryland 285
New Jersey 394
District of Columbia 23
Delaware 108

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 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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