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2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas

8 Ranked Colleges
789 Degrees Awarded
$15,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 13,314 people earned their degree in chemical engineering, making the major the 53rd most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 970 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 789 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great chemical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree chem eng students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Texas

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 180 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at UT Austin

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chem eng degrees to 221 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #3 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for texas bachelor’s degree chem eng students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chem eng degrees to 81 students in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,838 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at UH

#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 47 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Lamar University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lamar University is $12,311 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Lamar University

#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 98 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $17,571 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students per year to attend Texas Tech.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University

#6

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Prairie View A & M University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. PVAMU is a medium-sized public school situated in Prairie View, Texas. It awarded 58 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

PVAMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Prairie View A & M University is $14,582 for texas bachelor’s degree chem eng students.

Full Prairie View A & M University Chemical Engineering Report

#8 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Kingsville is $13,778 for texas bachelor’s degree chem eng students.

Full Texas A&M Kingsville Chemical Engineering Report

#8

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Rice University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas ranking. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 36 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rice is $16,999 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.

Full Rice University Chemical Engineering Report

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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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