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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Alabama.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Chemical Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alabama.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5700 | 82400 | 0.9305 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11000 | 25000 | 0.5592 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 17 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 11900 | 39700 | 0.7001 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 17 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 17 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 21 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 21 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12500 | 43000 | 0.7093 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 23 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5471 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13100 | 41800 | 0.6864 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 25 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 29 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 30 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4862 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 36 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 38 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4344 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 41 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 43 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15700 | 27600 | 0.4313 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 45 | Wayne State University | 15800 | 32900 | 0.5195 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 46 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 47 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 48 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 32800 | 0.4854 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17100 | 24900 | 0.3129 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 49 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 22400 | 0.2355 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 52 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 53 | Lamar University | 17500 | 41900 | 0.5823 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 33900 | 0.475 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 55 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5478 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 55 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 19000 | 30900 | 0.3857 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19100 | 30600 | 0.3758 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 61 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 62 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 32500 | 0.3851 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 63 | Texas Tech University | 20100 | 27900 | 0.2799 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 64 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 64 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 66 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 67 | University of Tulsa | 20700 | 62900 | 0.6709 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 67 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 69 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3294 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 70 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3603 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 71 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 72 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22500 | 22900 | 0.0174 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 74 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 79 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31500 | 0.2572 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 80 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23500 | 44400 | 0.4704 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 81 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 82 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3394 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 83 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 85 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 86 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52500 | 0.514 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 89 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 44000 | 0.4162 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 90 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 91 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 92 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 93 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 93 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 95 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 96 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 96 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 98 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 98 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 100 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41500 | 0.3299 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 102 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 103 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 105 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 111 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 112 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 112 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 114 | University of Dayton | 32100 | 64200 | 0.5001 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 115 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 117 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 118 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32400 | 75200 | 0.5693 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 119 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 120 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 121 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 122 | Tuskegee University | 34300 | 41300 | 0.1703 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 123 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 124 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34600 | 58500 | 0.4091 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | University of New Haven | 35700 | 67100 | 0.4681 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 127 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 127 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36100 | 56800 | 0.3642 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 129 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 130 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 131 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 132 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 132 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 134 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 135 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 136 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 136 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 138 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 139 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 140 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 141 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 143 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 143 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1873 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 145 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 146 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 147 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 148 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 149 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 150 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 151 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 152 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4207 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 155 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 158 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 159 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 160 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 162 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 165 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 75900 | 0.0659 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.