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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 | Auburn University | 0 | 34400 | 1 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 4 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 7000 | 15500 | 0.5492 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7100 | 39100 | 0.8193 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90300 | 0.919 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 10 | Princeton University | 7800 | 81800 | 0.9045 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 11 | CUNY City College | 8600 | 31200 | 0.7245 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Stanford University | 8900 | 71500 | 0.875 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 9000 | 95000 | 0.9051 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 15 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10800 | 27200 | 0.6037 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 22 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12300 | 29900 | 0.5885 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 23 | Lafayette College | 12400 | 85800 | 0.856 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 25 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 39000 | 0.6675 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 27 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13400 | 38500 | 0.6518 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13900 | 29100 | 0.5231 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 32 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 32 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14200 | 23600 | 0.3981 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3862 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8391 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 36 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14500 | 25600 | 0.4328 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 39 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 39 | University of Houston | 14700 | 23600 | 0.3776 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 80400 | 0.8142 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 43 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 44 | University of California-Berkeley | 15600 | 43600 | 0.6424 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 45 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 41800 | 0.6191 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | University of Arizona | 16200 | 30900 | 0.4765 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 47 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.5533 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 48 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3502 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 50 | University of Kansas | 17300 | 34900 | 0.5043 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 51 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 17700 | 34400 | 0.4852 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 54 | University of Maine | 18200 | 29000 | 0.3709 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 55 | Prairie View A & M University | 18500 | 25400 | 0.2717 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 56 | McNeese State University | 18700 | 29200 | 0.36 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 57 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3397 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 58 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 58 | Youngstown State University | 19100 | 29300 | 0.3477 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 60 | University of Mississippi | 19200 | 45500 | 0.5785 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 71400 | 0.7271 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3548 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | University of Wyoming | 20200 | 26700 | 0.2426 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 64 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 66 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 36200 | 0.4389 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 67 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5336 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 20700 | 92400 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 69 | Montana State University | 21000 | 27100 | 0.2248 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 70 | Florida State University | 22800 | 25000 | 0.0881 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 72 | Michigan Technological University | 23200 | 34700 | 0.3316 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 73 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 74 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 75 | New York University | 23900 | 91800 | 0.7395 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 76 | Tennessee Technological University | 24200 | 32600 | 0.2574 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 77 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 78 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52300 | 0.5237 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 78 | University of Rochester | 24900 | 93100 | 0.7328 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 80 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 81 | Iowa State University | 25200 | 41500 | 0.3935 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 82 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 83 | Lamar University | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 30800 | 0.1393 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 85 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26700 | 36700 | 0.2708 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 86 | California State University-Long Beach | 26800 | 38400 | 0.3025 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 86 | Trine University | 26800 | 56100 | 0.5224 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 88 | Colorado School of Mines | 26900 | 38100 | 0.2943 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 89 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27100 | 31000 | 0.1253 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 90 | Lehigh University | 27200 | 85700 | 0.683 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 90 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 92 | University of Louisville | 27300 | 42200 | 0.3529 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 92 | University of Tulsa | 27300 | 62700 | 0.5649 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 94 | Cleveland State University | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2656 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 95 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 96 | Christian Brothers University | 27700 | 54600 | 0.4926 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 96 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 98 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27800 | 40300 | 0.31 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 28100 | 88800 | 0.6834 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 101 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 102 | Clarkson University | 29200 | 78000 | 0.6258 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 102 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 104 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 105 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 105 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30000 | 41800 | 0.2824 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 107 | University of North Dakota | 30200 | 32500 | 0.0733 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6057 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 112 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31200 | 36400 | 0.1427 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 113 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 32200 | 50800 | 0.3663 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 116 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 117 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 118 | University of Dayton | 32500 | 64100 | 0.493 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 118 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 121 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3844 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 122 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 37000 | 0.0847 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 123 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 124 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34700 | 49600 | 0.3002 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 125 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34800 | 74600 | 0.5338 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 126 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 35500 | 35500 | 0 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 126 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 129 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36600 | 46700 | 0.2163 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 131 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 132 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 133 | University of New Haven | 38000 | 64900 | 0.4142 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 134 | Kettering University | 38300 | 66900 | 0.4275 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 135 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 136 | Wayne State University | 38900 | 45500 | 0.145 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 137 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 138 | University of California-San Diego | 39600 | 61100 | 0.352 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 140 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 141 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 142 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 143 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 144 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 145 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0509 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 147 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43300 | 50300 | 0.1392 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 147 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 149 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 150 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43800 | 52900 | 0.172 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 151 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44500 | 66400 | 0.3298 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 152 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 153 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 153 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.114 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 155 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 56000 | 0.1232 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 158 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 50000 | 85800 | 0.4172 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 159 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 85700 | 0.4082 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 160 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51800 | 56300 | 0.0799 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 163 | University of California-Irvine | 52100 | 64800 | 0.1959 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 164 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 54300 | 81000 | 0.3294 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 165 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 166 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 167 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.