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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,604 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,932 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #57 most popular major in New Mexico with 14 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico 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.

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 New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $7,301 per year.

Full Chemical Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in New Mexico list. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNM are $7,906 a year.

UNM also took the #3 spot in our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 184
Arizona 51
Oklahoma 22

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 2 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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