2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Chemical Engineering is the 53rd most popular major in the country with 13,314 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Plains States region, there were 983 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in chemical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree chem eng students.
Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. SD Mines is a small public school situated in Rapid City, South Dakota. It awarded 7 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
SD Mines also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at SD Mines are $19,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. University of North Dakota is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UND also took the #8 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 4 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.
K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chem eng degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
UMN Twin Cities also took the #3 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 5 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree chem eng students list, Mizzou has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Missouri University of Science and Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized school located in Rolla, Missouri that handed out 8 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree chem eng students list, Missouri University of Science and Technology has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Minnesota - Duluth did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree chem eng students list, UMN Duluth has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Duluth are $28,606, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Washington University in St Louis ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.
WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WUSTL are $56,562, 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%.
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- *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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