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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

23 Colleges
$29,605 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,252 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Master'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 23 schools in the Southeast 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. NC State is a very 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.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NC State also did well on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of South Alabama helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Mobile, USA is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USA are $16,652 per year.

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#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $22,563 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UARK is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#4

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC A&T are $20,738 a year.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus 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. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Georgia Tech graduate students pay an average of $31,334 in tuition and fees each year.

Georgia Tech also made our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #2.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 a year.

University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Tennessee Technological University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Tennessee Tech University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Cookeville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tennessee Tech University are $20,702 a year.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

Louisiana State University graduate students pay an average of $29,966 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida 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 #10 on the list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

UF graduate students pay an average of $30,130 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 10% of our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering schools 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 23 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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