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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,506 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

With 55 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, chemical engineering is the #83 most popular major in West Virginia.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia 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 West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

Our analysis found West Virginia University Institute of Technology to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. West Virginia University Tech is a small public school located in the city of Beckley.

West Virginia University Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,728 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that chem eng majors at West Virginia University Tech take out is $23,750.

West Virginia University Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in West Virginia list.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at West Virginia University Institute of Technology

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in West Virginia list. WVU is a very large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVU are $9,144 per year. On average, chem eng graduates from WVU take out $23,750 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WVU is ranked #5 for overall quality for chem eng in West Virginia.

Full Chemical Engineering at West Virginia University Report

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
Louisiana 242
Arkansas 81
Alabama 381
Mississippi 137

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 2 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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