2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Arizona

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Chemical Engineering is the 70th most popular major in the country with 12,917 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,870 and had an average of $23,285 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 286 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,538 and $22,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in chemical engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their chemical engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree chem eng students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Arizona

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#2 overall quality in Arizona

$86,735 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Arizona list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at ASU - Tempe

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#3 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Chem Eng Major in Arizona list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 5 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Arizona

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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