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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 |
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1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
1 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9564 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
5 | Stanford University | 4600 | 71500 | 0.9354 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
6 | Rice University | 4700 | 85500 | 0.9454 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
7 | Yale University | 5000 | 92300 | 0.9462 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
8 | Santa Ana College | 5400 | 30400 | 0.8227 | 26,073 | 0 | 0.0674 | |
9 | Johns Hopkins University | 5500 | 88600 | 0.9383 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5800 | 39100 | 0.8512 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
11 | California Institute of Technology | 6300 | 90300 | 0.9305 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 6500 | 32200 | 0.7994 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
13 | Princeton University | 7300 | 81800 | 0.9112 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
14 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
15 | Vanderbilt University | 8700 | 95000 | 0.9088 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
16 | Cornell University | 9500 | 92000 | 0.8969 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
17 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9600 | 94100 | 0.8976 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
18 | University of Notre Dame | 9700 | 86100 | 0.8878 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
19 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7303 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
20 | Lafayette College | 10600 | 85800 | 0.8763 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
21 | University of California-San Diego | 10900 | 34100 | 0.6794 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
22 | Santa Monica College | 11400 | 20900 | 0.453 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 11500 | 12600 | 0.0906 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12100 | 37100 | 0.6746 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
25 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.577 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 24900 | 0.4789 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
27 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13600 | 23600 | 0.4254 | 7,556 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
28 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13700 | 39000 | 0.6498 | 22,672 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
28 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 31300 | 0.561 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
30 | Tufts University | 14000 | 92400 | 0.8483 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
31 | Northeastern University | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8418 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
31 | Texas Tech University | 14200 | 27000 | 0.4755 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
33 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14300 | 87300 | 0.8365 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
33 | Case Western Reserve University | 14300 | 80400 | 0.8222 | 6,519 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
35 | New York University | 14600 | 91800 | 0.8412 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
36 | Northwestern University | 14700 | 89500 | 0.8355 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
37 | Bucknell University | 14800 | 88400 | 0.8329 | 3,915 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
38 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 14900 | 25800 | 0.4202 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
39 | California State University-Long Beach | 15100 | 25800 | 0.4164 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
40 | University of Florida | 15500 | 22300 | 0.3026 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
41 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15700 | 24800 | 0.3682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
42 | University of California-Riverside | 15800 | 36500 | 0.5676 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
43 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 15900 | 78300 | 0.7963 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
44 | University of California-Irvine | 16300 | 35300 | 0.5371 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
45 | University of Georgia | 16700 | 27100 | 0.3831 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
46 | Lehigh University | 16800 | 85700 | 0.8038 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
47 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3673 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
48 | CUNY City College | 17600 | 41500 | 0.5771 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
49 | University of Mississippi | 17800 | 45500 | 0.6081 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
50 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3613 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
51 | McNeese State University | 18000 | 29200 | 0.3821 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
52 | University of Rochester | 18400 | 93100 | 0.802 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
52 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 29300 | 0.3731 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
54 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 71400 | 0.7361 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
54 | Western Michigan University | 18800 | 32300 | 0.4164 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
56 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3402 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
57 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2618 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
57 | West Virginia University | 19900 | 28800 | 0.3073 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
59 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2269 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
61 | Florida State University | 22200 | 25000 | 0.11 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
62 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 22500 | 71600 | 0.6852 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
63 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22900 | 24500 | 0.067 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
64 | Syracuse University | 23100 | 83100 | 0.7226 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
65 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1608 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
66 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 23900 | 39900 | 0.3998 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
67 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 37100 | 0.352 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
68 | Montana State University | 24100 | 31400 | 0.2338 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
69 | Iowa State University | 24200 | 41500 | 0.4163 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
70 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 32200 | 0.2436 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
71 | Dordt University | 24500 | 52300 | 0.5322 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
71 | University of Kansas | 24500 | 42000 | 0.4155 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
73 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 40700 | 0.3842 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
74 | Tuskegee University | 25200 | 42100 | 0.4006 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
75 | Lamar University | 25700 | 37700 | 0.3192 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
76 | University of Arkansas | 25900 | 30800 | 0.157 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
77 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26200 | 31000 | 0.1558 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
77 | Trine University | 26200 | 56100 | 0.5321 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
79 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 26300 | 43800 | 0.3986 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
79 | University of Tulsa | 26300 | 62700 | 0.58 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
81 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6826 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
82 | California Baptist University | 26900 | 64600 | 0.5839 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
82 | University of Louisville | 26900 | 42200 | 0.3634 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
84 | Rowan University | 27000 | 40500 | 0.3344 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
85 | Christian Brothers University | 27100 | 54600 | 0.5032 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
86 | Cleveland State University | 27200 | 37300 | 0.2694 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
86 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2774 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
88 | Villanova University | 27500 | 88800 | 0.6906 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
89 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 28100 | 52900 | 0.468 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
90 | University of Utah | 28200 | 32000 | 0.1197 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
91 | Oregon State University | 28500 | 35000 | 0.1842 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
92 | University of South Alabama | 28700 | 35000 | 0.1785 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
93 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28900 | 31500 | 0.0808 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
94 | University of North Dakota | 29200 | 32500 | 0.1023 | 11,023 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
95 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29300 | 78100 | 0.6242 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
96 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 29400 | 41800 | 0.2955 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
97 | San Jose State University | 29500 | 41000 | 0.2813 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
98 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 29700 | 33100 | 0.1011 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
99 | University of Houston | 29900 | 35200 | 0.1492 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
100 | University of Rhode Island | 30100 | 46700 | 0.3564 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
100 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
102 | North Carolina A & T State University | 30200 | 36400 | 0.1714 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
103 | Clarkson University | 30300 | 78000 | 0.611 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
104 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31000 | 39200 | 0.208 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
105 | Hampton University | 31200 | 47000 | 0.3351 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
106 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 31300 | 34500 | 0.0912 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
107 | University of Nevada-Reno | 31400 | 32500 | 0.0352 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
108 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31800 | 38500 | 0.1727 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
108 | Widener University | 31800 | 75300 | 0.5781 | 2,806 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
110 | University of Dayton | 32300 | 64100 | 0.4968 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
111 | Prairie View A & M University | 32500 | 39600 | 0.178 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
112 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 32700 | 54600 | 0.4017 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
113 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 32900 | 37000 | 0.1102 | 8,362 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
114 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 33000 | 45200 | 0.2688 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
115 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 33500 | 51300 | 0.3472 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
116 | University of South Florida | 33600 | 34700 | 0.033 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
117 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 35100 | 0.0383 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
118 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33900 | 49600 | 0.3172 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
119 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 34300 | 35500 | 0.0323 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
119 | Tennessee Technological University | 34300 | 37100 | 0.0762 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
121 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
122 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34500 | 74600 | 0.5371 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
123 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 34800 | 62000 | 0.4379 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
124 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 34900 | 43500 | 0.1966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
125 | University of Maine | 35200 | 45100 | 0.2183 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
126 | Michigan Technological University | 35400 | 59100 | 0.4018 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
127 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
128 | Colorado School of Mines | 35800 | 59800 | 0.4007 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
129 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
130 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36100 | 46700 | 0.228 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
131 | University of New Haven | 37500 | 64900 | 0.4226 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
132 | Kettering University | 37600 | 66900 | 0.4372 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
133 | Benedictine College | 38000 | 50800 | 0.251 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
133 | University of Wyoming | 38000 | 43800 | 0.133 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
135 | Wayne State University | 38500 | 45500 | 0.1548 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
136 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 39000 | 40200 | 0.0285 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
136 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39000 | 56700 | 0.3113 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
138 | The University of Alabama | 39100 | 48800 | 0.1995 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
139 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 46900 | 0.1523 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
140 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40600 | 52100 | 0.2216 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
140 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 40600 | 59200 | 0.3138 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40700 | 54900 | 0.2579 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 40800 | 55100 | 0.2587 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2295 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
145 | Manhattan University | 41100 | 71700 | 0.4272 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
146 | University at Buffalo | 42000 | 46800 | 0.1035 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
147 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 42600 | 50300 | 0.152 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
150 | University of Delaware | 45200 | 53200 | 0.1516 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
151 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45500 | 48000 | 0.053 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
152 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 45800 | 58900 | 0.2227 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
153 | Michigan State University | 46100 | 56200 | 0.1805 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
154 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47600 | 85700 | 0.4449 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
155 | Drexel University | 48200 | 82600 | 0.4169 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 85800 | 0.4317 | 4,219 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
156 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 48800 | 57200 | 0.1473 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
158 | University of Kentucky | 49300 | 56000 | 0.1198 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
158 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49300 | 52300 | 0.0582 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
160 | Washington State University | 49900 | 53900 | 0.0748 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
161 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 81000 | 0.3818 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
162 | University of Iowa | 50400 | 53200 | 0.0532 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
163 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 50800 | 56100 | 0.095 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
164 | Howard University | 52900 | 61600 | 0.142 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
164 | University of Colorado Boulder | 52900 | 56300 | 0.0611 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
166 | Miami University-Oxford | 55000 | 56100 | 0.0204 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
167 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
168 | University of California-Berkeley | 74300 | 75500 | 0.0152 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.