2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 13,610 people earned their degree in chemical engineering, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,963 and had an average of $22,564 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,595 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,888 and $21,468 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,317 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 16 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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 16 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
Rice also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Rice University is $3,437 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
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 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 221 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #3 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $11,454 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 180 bachelors’s chem eng degrees 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 the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $12,203 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chem eng degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.
OSU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $8,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 98 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $12,317 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 164 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,044 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #7, Lamar University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,200 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lamar University.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 71 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $10,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Houston landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k list, UH has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,203 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UH.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #10, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $6,896 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #11. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a small public school situated in Socorro, New Mexico. It awarded 20 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k list, New Mexico Tech has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico Tech is $10,924 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chem eng degrees to 68 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #15. It costs about $11,105 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M Kingsville.
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With a ranking of #13, Prairie View A & M University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Prairie View A & M University is located in Prairie View, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 58 bachelors’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.
PVAMU also took the #13 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for PVAMU is $12,291 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Chem Eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
With a ranking of #14, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chem eng degrees to 93 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $16,675 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Tulsa came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Tulsa, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Tulsa is $14,391 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #16 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,242 for southwest region bachelor’s degree chem eng students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNM.
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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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