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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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7700 | 90000 | 0.9149 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 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 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10800 | 25000 | 0.5672 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 39700 | 0.7052 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 20 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 20 | Pikes Peak State College | 11900 | 18700 | 0.3647 | 12,388 | 0 | 0.8643 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 23 | Arapahoe Community College | 12200 | 25400 | 0.5188 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 25 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 28 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 30 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14300 | 28000 | 0.4898 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 34 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 66000 | 0.7807 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 36 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 83100 | 0.8229 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 39 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.438 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 40 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15700 | 27600 | 0.4313 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 45 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 46 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 46200 | 0.6386 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 48 | Lamar University | 17400 | 41900 | 0.5847 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 48 | University of St Thomas | 17400 | 50900 | 0.6584 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 17700 | 29100 | 0.3921 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17700 | 26300 | 0.3249 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 35200 | 0.4974 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5503 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 54 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18100 | 24200 | 0.2526 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 54 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18100 | 52500 | 0.6552 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18200 | 50400 | 0.6392 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 58 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18400 | 41200 | 0.554 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 59 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 60 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 61 | Western Michigan University | 19800 | 32500 | 0.3912 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 64 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 65 | University of Tulsa | 20500 | 62900 | 0.6741 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 66 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 67 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 20800 | 44400 | 0.5323 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 68 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 69 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21000 | 30700 | 0.3143 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 70 | Northwestern University | 21500 | 89500 | 0.7601 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 70 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 72 | University of Colorado Boulder | 21700 | 30600 | 0.2911 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 73 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 74 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22400 | 41100 | 0.4551 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 76 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 77 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 78 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 79 | Montana State University | 23300 | 31400 | 0.2579 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 80 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23400 | 44400 | 0.4726 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 81 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 82 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 83 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 84 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52500 | 0.5159 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 85 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 44000 | 0.4185 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 86 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 87 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 88 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 89 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 29600 | 0.0923 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 91 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 92 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 93 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 93 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 95 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 97 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 98 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 100 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 102 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 103 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 105 | Kansas State University | 29500 | 41600 | 0.2903 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 108 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31200 | 62800 | 0.5028 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 111 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59600 | 0.4695 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 112 | University of Dayton | 32000 | 64200 | 0.5016 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 113 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 113 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32200 | 75200 | 0.572 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 113 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 116 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 117 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 118 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 119 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 120 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 121 | University of New Haven | 35600 | 67100 | 0.4695 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 122 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36000 | 42800 | 0.1573 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 123 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36100 | 56800 | 0.3642 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 124 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 125 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 126 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 127 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 128 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 128 | California State University-Long Beach | 37600 | 38600 | 0.0259 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 130 | Kettering University | 38500 | 83800 | 0.5406 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 131 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 134 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 135 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 136 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 137 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41700 | 42100 | 0.0095 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 138 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54700 | 0.2138 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 140 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 141 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 142 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 143 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 144 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44400 | 49300 | 0.0993 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 145 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 146 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 147 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 148 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 149 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 150 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 151 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 152 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1368 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 155 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49600 | 85800 | 0.4218 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 156 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 162 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 162 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 164 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 167 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 170 | University of California-Berkeley | 70800 | 75900 | 0.0672 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.