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2023 Best Value Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

25 Colleges
$31,160 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,517 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, chemistry was ranked #49 in the country. In fact 5,005 degrees and certificates were handed out 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.

The Best Value Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for chemistry 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 Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Northern Illinois University to be the best value school for chemistry students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NIU are $11,390 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value chemistry schools in the Great Lakes Region . Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $17,712 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 25 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

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

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University of Akron Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best value schools for chemistry students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

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

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#8

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cleveland State University are $18,051 per year.

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#9

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus 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 #9 on the list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree chemistry programs. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Chemistry Colleges by State

Explore the best chemistry schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 184
Illinois 316
Ohio 303
Indiana 138
Wisconsin 103

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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