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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$35,271 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #76 most popular major in the country with 2,662 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for chem eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for chem eng majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Chemical Engineering

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Lehigh University the best value school in the United States for chemical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

Lehigh graduate students pay an average of $27,130 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lehigh also did well on our Best Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Lehigh University

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Auburn University is a great value for chemical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

Auburn graduate students pay an average of $31,986 in tuition and fees each year.

Auburn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Chemical Engineering at Auburn University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemical engineering schools in the United States. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Colorado State also is in the top 20% of our Best Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great value for chemical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best Chemical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

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Southwest
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Chemical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova.

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