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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$16,010 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,801 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

With 97 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, chemical engineering is the #65 most popular major in Michigan.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value programs for chem eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
$15,966 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Michigan. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

Michigan State undergraduate students pay an average of $15,966 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Michigan State is ranked #3 for overall quality for chem eng in Michigan.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University

$17,193 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Michigan. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U-M are $17,193 per year.

U-M did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Michigan list.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

$18,215 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Michigan list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Michigan Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $18,215 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Michigan Tech also made our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #2.

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$13,434 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Michigan University is a great value for chemical engineering students. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

WMU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,434 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Chemical Engineering at Western Michigan University Report

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI
$15,199 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Michigan list. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Wayne State undergraduate students pay an average of $15,199 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 138
Ohio 146
Indiana 81
Wisconsin 23

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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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