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2023 Best Value Chemistry Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,181 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,606 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemistry School for You

Chemistry is the #48 most popular major in Kentucky with 47 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. 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 Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Kentucky to see which 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.

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 Chemistry Schools in Kentucky

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

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemistry

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY
$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best value school in Kentucky for chemistry students. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UK undergraduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UK did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Chemistry Schools in Kentucky list.

Full Chemistry at University of Kentucky Report

$9,752 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools in Kentucky list. Eastern is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Eastern are $9,752 a year.

Full Chemistry at Eastern Kentucky University Report

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY
$10,992 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Kentucky University is a great value for chemistry students. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WKU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Chemistry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Chemistry Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 102
Florida 190
Georgia 142
North Carolina 179
Tennessee 78
Louisiana 51
Alabama 55
South Carolina 44
Mississippi 35
Arkansas 18
West Virginia 17

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

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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