2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Chemical Engineering is the 66th most popular major in the country with 13,610 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Rhode Island, there were 56 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,700 and $25,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The chem eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at University of Rhode Island

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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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