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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

7 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$19,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering is the 753rd most popular major in the country with 293 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 185 chemical and biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great chemical and biomolecular engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chemical and biomolecular engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. MIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT also made our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology is $14,381 for bachelor’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Read full report on Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Pennsylvania is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 40 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also made our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UPenn is $20,632 for bachelor’s degree chemical engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at UPenn

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemical engineering students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #3 spot in our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW Seattle is $18,110 for Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of California - Davis is $17,622 for Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at University of California - Davis

#5

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Stony Brook University is a large public school situated in Stony Brook, New York. It awarded 32 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Stony Brook, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,703 for Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend SUNY Stony Brook.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SUNY Stony Brook Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Report

#6

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#6 in overall quality

Milwaukee School of Engineering landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 28 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MSOE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for MSOE is $23,834 for Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering

#7 in overall quality

Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 4 bachelors’s chemical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus is $25,039 for Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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