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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Arkansas.
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 Arkansas.
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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1600 | 93300 | 0.9828 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4100 | 83400 | 0.9508 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9263 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 8200 | 89100 | 0.9078 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 17 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 18 | Arkansas State University | 11300 | 28400 | 0.6037 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 18 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 20 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 12500 | 42900 | 0.7085 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 25 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 27 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4956 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 13700 | 21800 | 0.3715 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13800 | 60900 | 0.7736 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14300 | 31000 | 0.5394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 33 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 34 | Western Michigan University | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4495 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 35 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 14900 | 66000 | 0.7747 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 39 | Stanford University | 15200 | 1932000 | 0.9922 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 41 | University of Kansas | 15900 | 34900 | 0.5438 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 42 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 16000 | 24200 | 0.3395 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 43 | Kansas State University | 16200 | 26400 | 0.3854 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 45 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 25800 | 0.3489 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 45 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 27800 | 0.396 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16800 | 24900 | 0.3249 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3451 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 44200 | 0.6047 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 50 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 51 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 51 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 36500 | 0.5132 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7987 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18600 | 30500 | 0.3899 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 28600 | 0.3345 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 58 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 59 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3396 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 60 | University of Rhode Island | 20300 | 47400 | 0.5719 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 76400 | 0.7347 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 60 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 64 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20400 | 35200 | 0.4201 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 60700 | 0.6639 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 66 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 67 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20700 | 40600 | 0.4913 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 68 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 69 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21600 | 27800 | 0.2228 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 70 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 71 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22200 | 80400 | 0.7236 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 72 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 72 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 74 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 75 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 76 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22700 | 53400 | 0.5754 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 33400 | 0.3172 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 79 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 80 | Marian University | 23600 | 59800 | 0.6049 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 81 | Lamar University | 23800 | 37700 | 0.3685 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23900 | 34500 | 0.3075 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 83 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24700 | 40500 | 0.3902 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 86 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 89 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26300 | 28000 | 0.0606 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 91 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 92 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 93 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 96 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27700 | 33300 | 0.1671 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 97 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 98 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 99 | Clarkson University | 28700 | 78000 | 0.6322 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 100 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 100 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 100 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 29000 | 38600 | 0.2488 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 103 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 105 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29700 | 33000 | 0.0999 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 108 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 109 | Michigan Technological University | 30400 | 34700 | 0.1238 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 112 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 113 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 114 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 115 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 116 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 117 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 32400 | 92900 | 0.6515 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33800 | 75200 | 0.5507 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 120 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 121 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34500 | 59100 | 0.416 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 121 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34700 | 51300 | 0.3235 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 123 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 125 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 127 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 128 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 129 | University of South Alabama | 36400 | 40200 | 0.0946 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 130 | Rowan University | 37000 | 53600 | 0.3095 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 131 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 132 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 132 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 134 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 134 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66700 | 0.4334 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 137 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 38800 | 44400 | 0.1254 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 138 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 139 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 140 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 141 | University of Maine | 40500 | 42800 | 0.0538 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 142 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 143 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 144 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 145 | University of New Haven | 45900 | 70700 | 0.3506 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 146 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 147 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 148 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 149 | University of California-San Diego | 49100 | 79600 | 0.383 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 151 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49500 | 67600 | 0.2678 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 152 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49900 | 58900 | 0.1528 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 153 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50000 | 85400 | 0.4147 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 154 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 155 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50800 | 64400 | 0.2112 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 156 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 158 | University of California-Berkeley | 52000 | 76600 | 0.3211 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 159 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 160 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 161 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 161 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2208 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 165 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 168 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61300 | 66900 | 0.0837 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.