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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$16,329 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,960 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #103 most popular major in Virginia with 37 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Virginia

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

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA
$14,174 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the best value school in Virginia for chemical engineering students. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Virginia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $14,174 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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$19,785 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Virginia. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Virginia are $19,785 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #1 for overall quality for chem eng in Virginia.

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$15,028 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Virginia Commonwealth University is a great value for chemical engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a very large student population.

VCU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,028 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University

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
Florida 68
Georgia 56
North Carolina 82
Tennessee 24
Kentucky 16
Louisiana 25
Alabama 35
South Carolina 15
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 3

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

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 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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