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2023 Best Value Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

123 Colleges
$21,871 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,517 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree School for You

Chemistry is the #49 most popular major in the country with 5,005 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 123 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for chemistry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the chemistry doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 15% Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for chemistry students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wyoming is a great value for chemistry students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UD also did well on our Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemistry schools in the United States. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Austin also did well on our Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for chemistry students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree chemistry programs. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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University of North Texas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s best value schools for chemistry students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UC Berkeley also is in the top 5% of our Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 per year.

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University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree chemistry programs. UCSB is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCSB are $28,683 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCSB is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#11

Wichita State University

Wichita, KS

Wichita State University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $15,323 a year.

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#13

Northeastern University

Boston, MA

Northeastern University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree chemistry programs. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.

Full Chemistry at Northeastern University Report

#14

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $19,074 per year.

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With a ranking of #15, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for chemistry students working on their doctor’s degree. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Iowa State also is in the top 10% of our Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Loyola University Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for chemistry students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Chemistry graduate students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
19 University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH
20 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Stillwater, OK
20 University of Nevada - Reno Reno, NV
22 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
23 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
24 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA
24 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL

Chemistry by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Chemistry is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Chemistry

Related Major Annual Graduates
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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