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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$17,539 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,339 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #75 most popular major in Texas with 184 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in Texas for chemical engineering students. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Texas list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $11,752 per year.

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

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UH are $9,699 a year.

UH also claimed a spot on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX
$8,690 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Texas. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.

Lamar University undergraduate students pay an average of $8,690 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Lamar University

#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX
$11,852 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $11,852 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 15% of our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Texas ranking.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University

$9,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M Kingsville are $9,892 a year.

Full Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville Report

#7

Rice University

Houston, TX
$52,895 Average Tuition & Fees

Rice University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Texas ranking. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rice are $52,895 per year.

Rice also made our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Texas list, coming in at #1.

Full Chemical Engineering at Rice University Report

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
Arizona 51
Oklahoma 22
New Mexico 14

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 7 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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