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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$26,279 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,482 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 394 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a New Jersey college or university. This makes it the #51 most popular major in the state.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

#1

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ
$14,376 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Rowan University to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Rowan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Glassboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rowan are $14,376 a year. The average amount in student loans that chem eng majors at Rowan take out is $23,298.

Full Chemical Engineering at Rowan University Report

$18,016 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in New Jersey. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NJIT are $18,016 per year. On average, chem eng graduates from NJIT take out $25,243 in student loans while working on their degree.

NJIT also claimed a spot on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology

$15,804 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in New Jersey. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rutgers New Brunswick are $15,804 a year. After completing their degree, chem eng graduates from Rutgers New Brunswick carry an average student debtload of $23,947.

Full Chemical Engineering at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

#4

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ
$56,010 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Princeton University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Princeton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Princeton are $56,010 per year.

Princeton did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list.

Full Chemical Engineering at Princeton University Report

$56,920 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Stevens are $56,920 a year. Chem Eng majors at Stevens take out an average of $26,730 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Stevens is ranked #4 for overall quality for chem eng in New Jersey.

Full Chemical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology Report

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
Maryland 285
District of Columbia 23
Delaware 108

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 5 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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