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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 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3700 | 71300 | 0.948 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology | 4100 | 90800 | 0.9549 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 5 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5100 | 82400 | 0.9377 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 96500 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 28600 | 0.7176 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8800 | 90000 | 0.9027 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 15 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 9900 | 25000 | 0.6031 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7368 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86200 | 0.8821 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 44900 | 0.7461 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 21 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.8629 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 22 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 11800 | 43000 | 0.7258 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11800 | 30400 | 0.611 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 54500 | 0.7706 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | 12700 | 66000 | 0.808 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12900 | 28000 | 0.5399 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 31 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 31 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 33 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13800 | 48200 | 0.7143 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 37 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 14000 | 69100 | 0.798 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 38 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | Bucknell University | 14800 | 94800 | 0.8437 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36200 | 0.581 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 45 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2997 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3801 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 16000 | 71400 | 0.7762 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 50 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 52 | University of Kansas | 16300 | 37100 | 0.5611 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 53 | University of California-Berkeley | 16500 | 43600 | 0.6224 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 54 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16600 | 32200 | 0.4843 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 54 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 56 | Lamar University | 16800 | 41900 | 0.599 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 56 | University of Louisville | 16800 | 29100 | 0.4231 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 58 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3502 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 59 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 60 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17300 | 41200 | 0.5808 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17400 | 50400 | 0.6551 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 62 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3683 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 62 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 46400 | 0.6223 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 64 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 65 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 49200 | 0.6358 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 66 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45000 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 67 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 32800 | 0.4182 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 68 | Western Michigan University | 19200 | 32500 | 0.4097 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 69 | Texas Tech University | 19300 | 27900 | 0.3086 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 69 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 31800 | 0.3933 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 71 | University of Tulsa | 19700 | 62900 | 0.6868 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 72 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 72 | Kansas State University | 20000 | 28800 | 0.3044 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 74 | Northwestern University | 20100 | 89500 | 0.7757 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 75 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 76 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4686 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 78 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 79 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 80 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 21900 | 41100 | 0.4673 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 82 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 22300 | 29800 | 0.2504 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 83 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32500 | 0.3077 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22700 | 44400 | 0.4884 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 85 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31400 | 0.2706 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 85 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 87 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23500 | 26300 | 0.1066 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 88 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3402 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 89 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 90 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 91 | Dordt University | 24600 | 52500 | 0.5311 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 92 | University of North Dakota | 24900 | 27700 | 0.0978 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 93 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4058 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 94 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 95 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 96 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 97 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 98 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26400 | 40500 | 0.3482 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 99 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 100 | Cleveland State University | 26700 | 37300 | 0.2843 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 101 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26800 | 31000 | 0.1356 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 101 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26800 | 36700 | 0.2699 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 104 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2762 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 105 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41600 | 0.341 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 106 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 107 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 110 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 112 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 118 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 119 | University of Dayton | 31500 | 64200 | 0.5094 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 121 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 124 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 36100 | 0.0664 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 126 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 127 | University of New Haven | 35200 | 67100 | 0.4755 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 128 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35300 | 75200 | 0.5307 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 129 | North Carolina A & T State University | 35800 | 36600 | 0.0219 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 130 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 130 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 130 | Tennessee Technological University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0572 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 130 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36300 | 56800 | 0.3607 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 137 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 138 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 139 | Kettering University | 38300 | 83800 | 0.5429 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 140 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 141 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2698 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 143 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 144 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 145 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 146 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 147 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 148 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 53400 | 0.2079 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 149 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 150 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 151 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 153 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 154 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 154 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 61300 | 0.2309 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 156 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 158 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49000 | 85800 | 0.4288 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 159 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 82600 | 0.3875 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 160 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 162 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54600 | 56600 | 0.0353 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 164 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 165 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 166 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 167 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 168 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.