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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Pennsylvania

6 Ranked Colleges
118 Degrees Awarded
$35,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Chemical Engineering is the 53rd most popular major in the country with 13,314 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 546 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 118 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Pennsylvania

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Villanova, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s chem eng degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania master’s degree chem eng students list, Villanova has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova University are $20,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836.

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#3

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Penn State University Park also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Penn State University Park

#4

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #4 spot on the list. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s chem eng degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh also took the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh University are $27,130.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #5 spot on the list. Drexel University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

Drexel also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Drexel University

#6

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Carnegie Mellon University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 67 degrees to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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