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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$52,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,372 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

With 206 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, chemical engineering is the #57 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, PA
$59,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best value school in Pennsylvania for chemical engineering students. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Villanova are $59,020 a year.

Villanova also took the #5 spot in our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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#2

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA
$59,802 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bucknell University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bucknell are $59,802 a year.

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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA
$57,470 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lehigh are $57,470 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lehigh also is in the top 10% of our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.

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$20,362 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a great value for chemical engineering students. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Pitt undergraduate students pay an average of $20,362 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA
$58,524 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon are $58,524 a year.

Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#6

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA
$61,710 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Pennsylvania ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UPenn are $61,710 per year.

UPenn not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#7

Widener University

Chester, PA
$49,706 Average Tuition & Fees

Widener University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for chemical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Widener are $49,706 a year.

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#8

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
$57,136 Average Tuition & Fees

Drexel University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Drexel are $57,136 a year.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 305
Maryland 93
New Jersey 108
District of Columbia 1
Delaware 33

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 8 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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