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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | Princeton University | 4100 | 82600 | 0.9504 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11000 | 86200 | 0.8729 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 11500 | 62900 | 0.8169 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | University of California-San Diego | 11800 | 39700 | 0.7026 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11800 | 29100 | 0.595 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | Arapahoe Community College | 12100 | 25500 | 0.5228 | 15,012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12600 | 25000 | 0.4953 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 24 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13200 | 24700 | 0.4659 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 26 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4775 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 30 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 91300 | 0.8394 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 31 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 32 | University of St Thomas | 15300 | 50900 | 0.6997 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 33 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15400 | 24900 | 0.381 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3988 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 37 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 37 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 39 | Western Michigan University | 16000 | 32500 | 0.5083 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 40 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 40 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 42 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 42 | Wayne State University | 16600 | 32900 | 0.4952 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4169 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 48 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 37700 | 0.5256 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5276 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 51 | University of Mississippi | 18500 | 45000 | 0.5893 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 52 | University of California-Berkeley | 18600 | 43500 | 0.5729 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 53 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 54 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 55 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 56 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 57 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 58 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 59 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 59 | Youngstown State University | 20100 | 34000 | 0.4089 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 62 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75900 | 0.7329 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 64 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 20600 | 44400 | 0.5355 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 64 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 66 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20700 | 31900 | 0.3519 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 67 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 26100 | 0.1726 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 21800 | 98900 | 0.7793 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 70 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 70 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22400 | 33600 | 0.3331 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 73 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 31000 | 0.2643 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 74 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 77 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3482 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 79 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 0 | |
| 79 | University of Kansas | 24400 | 43000 | 0.432 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 81 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24600 | 26900 | 0.0848 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 82 | Pikes Peak State College | 24700 | 31600 | 0.2186 | 12,556 | 0 | 0 | |
| 83 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24800 | 30600 | 0.1895 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 84 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2609 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25100 | 40500 | 0.3803 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 86 | Clarkson University | 25500 | 78000 | 0.6732 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5512 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 87 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0973 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 89 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 90 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 91 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 93 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 30600 | 0.1211 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 94 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 96 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 96 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 98 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28000 | 32800 | 0.1459 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 101 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.244 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 101 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 103 | University of Dayton | 28900 | 64200 | 0.5499 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 104 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2176 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 104 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 37000 | 0.2133 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1006 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 108 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31400 | 0.0541 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 109 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | Michigan Technological University | 30400 | 34700 | 0.124 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 111 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30700 | 38500 | 0.2027 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 112 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 113 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31000 | 39900 | 0.2231 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | Lamar University | 31500 | 38300 | 0.1777 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 116 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2308 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 116 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1361 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 116 | University of Louisville | 31700 | 42000 | 0.2451 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 119 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32000 | 49500 | 0.3539 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 120 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 121 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 122 | University of Rhode Island | 33200 | 46400 | 0.2842 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 123 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 123 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 125 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 38700 | 0.1237 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 126 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34100 | 75200 | 0.5467 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 127 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34200 | 41000 | 0.1658 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 129 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 130 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 38900 | 0.0797 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 131 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3601 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 132 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36600 | 41600 | 0.1202 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 133 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 133 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 135 | University of New Haven | 37000 | 67300 | 0.45 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 136 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 137 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 53100 | 0.2786 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 140 | University of Maine | 40100 | 45200 | 0.1129 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 141 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40500 | 50000 | 0.1902 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 142 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 53600 | 0.2296 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 143 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 144 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 145 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 146 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 147 | Widener University | 43400 | 79400 | 0.4535 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 148 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 149 | University at Buffalo | 44000 | 46700 | 0.0578 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 150 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 151 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 50600 | 0.1028 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 153 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 154 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 155 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 158 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 160 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 83600 | 0.3994 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 162 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 163 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 164 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 170 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.