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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,779 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,828 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

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

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Colorado 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.

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 Schools in Colorado

Check out the chem eng programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CU - Boulder are $12,610 a year.

CU - Boulder did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Colorado list.

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$19,538 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Colorado. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mines are $19,538 a year.

Mines also made our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 3 spot on the list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $12,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Colorado list.

Full Chemical Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 27
Idaho 9
Montana 6
Wyoming 10

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 3 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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