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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

7 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$24,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 727 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in chemical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s chem eng degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at BYU

#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Laramie, Wyoming, and it awarded 6 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wyoming are $16,615.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at UW

#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #3 spot on the list. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree chem eng students list, U of U has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#5

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also took the #7 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Montana State University

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

CU - Boulder also took the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Colorado Boulder Chemical Engineering Report

#7

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Colorado School of Mines came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado School of Mines is a public institution located in Golden, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mines, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mines are $39,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

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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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