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Best Value Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

2023 Best Value Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$34,118 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,517 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree School for You

Chemistry is the #51 most popular major in Massachusetts with 744 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Massachusetts to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for chemistry 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.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Chemistry

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best value school in Massachusetts for chemistry students working on their doctor’s degree. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

UMass Amherst graduate students pay an average of $16,251 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a great value for chemistry students working on their doctor’s degree. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMass Lowell are $15,210 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northeastern University is a great value for chemistry students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.

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Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Brandeis University is a great value for chemistry students working on their doctor’s degree. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brandeis are $53,618 per year.

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#5

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

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Best Value Chemistry Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Chemistry Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 274
New Hampshire 52
Maine 59
Rhode Island 73
Vermont 39

Chemistry is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

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).

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