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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Louisiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$23,296 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,963 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #45 most popular major in Louisiana with 242 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Louisiana 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Louisiana

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

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$10,065 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana Tech University the best value school in Louisiana for chemical engineering students. Located in the distant town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Louisiana Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $10,065 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that chem eng majors at Louisiana Tech take out is $20,745.

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$11,958 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Louisiana State University are $11,958 per year. After completing their degree, chem eng graduates from Louisiana State University carry an average student debtload of $21,125.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #2 for overall quality for chem eng in Louisiana.

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$10,346 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the # 3 spot on the list. UL Lafayette is a large public school located in the city of Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UL Lafayette are $10,346 a year. The average amount in student loans that chem eng majors at UL Lafayette take out is $23,156.

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$60,814 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Tulane University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Louisiana. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

Tulane undergraduate students pay an average of $60,814 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tulane not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Louisiana list.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 241
Virginia 231
North Carolina 245
Florida 377
Tennessee 265
Kentucky 140
South Carolina 153
Arkansas 81
Alabama 381
Mississippi 137
West Virginia 55

One of 40 majors within the area of study, chemical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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