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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the New England Region

9 Ranked Colleges
99 Degrees Awarded
$36,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master's in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the New England Region” 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 the New England region, there were 864 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,820 and $24,439 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 99 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 9 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northeastern Chemical Engineering Report

#2

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s chem eng degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WPI are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #3 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 14 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also took the #6 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMass Lowell Chemical Engineering Report

#4

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 1 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at UMaine

#5

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

URI also took the #7 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082.

Full URI Chemical Engineering Report

#6

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#8 in overall quality

University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #8 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at UMass Amherst

#7

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

University of Connecticut landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chem eng degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at UCONN

#8

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Tufts University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s chem eng degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree chem eng students list, Tufts has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Tufts

#9

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 20 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at MIT

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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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