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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$15,639 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,892 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 68 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #105 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Florida to see which programs offered the best value experiences for chem eng students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida

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

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL
$6,381 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the best value school in Florida for chemical engineering students. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UF are $6,381 a year.

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

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Florida

#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL
$6,517 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida list. Florida State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.

Florida State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,517 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Florida State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida list.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Florida State University

$6,410 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USF Tampa are $6,410 per year.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report

$43,246 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida list. Located in the small city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Florida Tech are $43,246 a year.

Florida Tech also made our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Florida list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology

Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 37
Georgia 56
North Carolina 82
Tennessee 24
Kentucky 16
Louisiana 25
Alabama 35
South Carolina 15
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 3

One of 39 majors within the area of study, chemical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Chem Eng

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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