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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 3000 | 93000 | 0.9675 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 3500 | 83400 | 0.958 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 5 | Stanford University | 3600 | 1932100 | 0.9982 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 7 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 7200 | 89100 | 0.919 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 11 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 98200 | 0.922 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 9500 | 63100 | 0.85 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | Rice University | 9600 | 92500 | 0.8965 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | 9900 | 44500 | 0.778 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10200 | 32800 | 0.6886 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 22 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7315 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 23 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 24 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 91000 | 0.871 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5322 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 28 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12600 | 17900 | 0.2969 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13400 | 60900 | 0.7802 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13700 | 25600 | 0.464 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 35 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 35 | University of California-Riverside | 14400 | 36500 | 0.6053 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 37 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 95700 | 0.8479 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 37 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4784 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 40 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6342 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4952 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 42 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 14900 | 27000 | 0.448 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 44 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 45 | University of Kansas | 15300 | 34900 | 0.5611 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 46 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.41 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 47 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 15900 | 41200 | 0.6148 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 48 | McNeese State University | 16100 | 27800 | 0.4212 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 48 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 26500 | 0.3942 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 50 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16900 | 44200 | 0.6183 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 51 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3413 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 52 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8043 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 55 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3797 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 59 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 60 | University of Houston | 19400 | 28400 | 0.3173 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 61 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 47400 | 0.5887 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 62 | Rowan University | 19600 | 41300 | 0.5257 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 63 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 64 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 66 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 27800 | 0.2516 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 67 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21400 | 80400 | 0.7335 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 69 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 69 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22200 | 53400 | 0.5847 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22300 | 99000 | 0.7749 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 72 | California Baptist University | 22500 | 65400 | 0.6564 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 72 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 74 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22700 | 36100 | 0.3709 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 76 | Lamar University | 23000 | 37700 | 0.3897 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 77 | Marian University | 23200 | 59800 | 0.6116 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 78 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23500 | 40500 | 0.4198 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 79 | University of Dayton | 23900 | 64400 | 0.6286 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 81 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 82 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 83 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 83 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 85 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 39400 | 0.3656 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 85 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25000 | 32900 | 0.242 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 25800 | 28400 | 0.0903 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 89 | Dordt University | 25900 | 52500 | 0.5064 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 90 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44700 | 0.4087 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 92 | Michigan Technological University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2245 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 94 | Clarkson University | 27600 | 78000 | 0.6463 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 96 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 45200 | 0.3663 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 97 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 97 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 99 | Cleveland State University | 29400 | 38600 | 0.2385 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29700 | 78300 | 0.6208 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 102 | Prairie View A & M University | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2322 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 104 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 105 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 106 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31000 | 59400 | 0.4781 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 107 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 107 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 109 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 109 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 111 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42100 | 0.2396 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 112 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 113 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 114 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 115 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33400 | 59100 | 0.4346 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 116 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 117 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34000 | 51300 | 0.3371 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 118 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 34700 | 38500 | 0.0987 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 119 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 41000 | 0.1391 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 120 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 121 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 123 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 123 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 125 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 126 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 127 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 128 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 128 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 130 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 52500 | 0.2798 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 132 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 133 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 134 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 135 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 58500 | 0.2733 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 136 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 63300 | 0.3271 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 137 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 138 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 139 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 140 | University of New Haven | 46200 | 70700 | 0.3464 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 141 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 142 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62400 | 0.2427 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 143 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 144 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1982 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 145 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 48300 | 57000 | 0.1527 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 147 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 148 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49000 | 58900 | 0.1681 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 149 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 149 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 152 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 153 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 154 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 155 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 158 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 159 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 159 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 58000 | 0.0724 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55300 | 70900 | 0.2202 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 164 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 168 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.