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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$28,469 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States 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 University of Nebraska - Lincoln the best value school in the Plains States Region for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNL also is in the top 5% of our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

UND graduate students pay an average of $18,968 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the Plains States Region . SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SD Mines are $20,116 per year.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great value for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa State also did well on our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 per year.

UMN Twin Cities 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 Plains States Region list.

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University of Minnesota - Duluth came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Duluth is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Duluth.

UMN Duluth graduate students pay an average of $29,060 in tuition and fees each year.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology 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 #9 on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Missouri University of Science and Technology also is in the top 10% of our Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Full Chemical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology Report

#10

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa 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. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 249
Minnesota 191
Kansas 131
Iowa 189
Nebraska 37
North Dakota 45
South Dakota 42

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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