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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,618 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$58,580 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 285 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #60 most popular major in the state.

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 Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Maryland 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.

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 Schools in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for chem eng majors pursuing a .

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$10,955 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the best value school in Maryland for chemical engineering students. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMCP are $10,955 per year. Chem Eng majors at UMCP take out an average of $21,890 in student loans while working on their egree.

UMCP did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Maryland list.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park

$12,280 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a great value for chemical engineering students. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMBC are $12,280 per year. Chem Eng majors at UMBC take out an average of $25,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Maryland - Baltimore County Report

#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD
$58,720 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Maryland. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Johns Hopkins are $58,720 a year. After completing their degree, chem eng graduates from Johns Hopkins carry an average student debtload of $15,500.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Maryland rankings.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 836
New York 870
New Jersey 394
District of Columbia 23
Delaware 108

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 3 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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