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2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$41,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 District of Columbia, there were 22 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

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 Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. Howard is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. It costs about $41,289 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree chem eng students with aid per year to attend Howard.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Howard University

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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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