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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Texas (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Texas, there were 970 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,338 and $20,486 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Texas (With Aid)

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin also took the #3 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice University are $47,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #4 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

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 #4 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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