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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 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96200 | 0.9185 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 14 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11000 | 86200 | 0.8729 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3774 | 21,970 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 11500 | 62900 | 0.8169 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 19 | University of California-San Diego | 11800 | 39700 | 0.7026 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 20 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 21 | Arapahoe Community College | 12100 | 25500 | 0.5228 | 15,012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12100 | 38800 | 0.6887 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 24 | Lamar University | 12700 | 22900 | 0.4449 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 25 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 26 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4775 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 29 | University of Houston | 14100 | 22000 | 0.3584 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14500 | 36200 | 0.5994 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 31 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 32 | Case Western Reserve University | 14800 | 91300 | 0.8383 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 32 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 34 | University of St Thomas | 15300 | 50900 | 0.6997 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15400 | 24900 | 0.381 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 39 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.3141 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 41 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 42 | Western Michigan University | 16000 | 32500 | 0.5083 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 16200 | 34900 | 0.5348 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 44 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 47 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 48 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 49 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 17700 | 29100 | 0.3921 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 51 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 53 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5294 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 54 | Texas Tech University | 18500 | 27100 | 0.3179 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 54 | Youngstown State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4559 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 56 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 57 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3876 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 58 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19400 | 28200 | 0.3118 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 33900 | 0.4249 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 60 | University of South Alabama | 19700 | 22400 | 0.1208 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 62 | University of Arizona | 19800 | 30900 | 0.3598 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19900 | 29900 | 0.3357 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 63 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 66 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 68 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75900 | 0.7329 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 29300 | 0.3033 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 70 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 71 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20600 | 31900 | 0.3525 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 72 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 20700 | 44400 | 0.5326 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 72 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 74 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 75 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 26100 | 0.1726 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 76 | Tufts University | 21800 | 98900 | 0.7793 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 77 | Montana State University | 22400 | 27100 | 0.1732 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 78 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 81 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 82 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24300 | 28400 | 0.1461 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 24500 | 27500 | 0.1092 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 84 | Pikes Peak State College | 24700 | 31600 | 0.2186 | 12,556 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.257 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 86 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25100 | 40500 | 0.3803 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 87 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 88 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5497 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 90 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 91 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 92 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 94 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1229 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 96 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 99 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28000 | 32800 | 0.145 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 100 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 104 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 104 | University of Dayton | 28900 | 64200 | 0.5499 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 108 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29700 | 45100 | 0.3414 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 111 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 112 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30700 | 38500 | 0.2027 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 113 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32000 | 49500 | 0.3539 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 116 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34100 | 75200 | 0.5467 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 121 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 122 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35300 | 56700 | 0.3775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 123 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36600 | 41600 | 0.1202 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 124 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 125 | University of New Haven | 36900 | 67300 | 0.4515 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 126 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 127 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 129 | University of Maine | 40100 | 45200 | 0.1129 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 130 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40500 | 50000 | 0.1902 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 131 | Wayne State University | 40600 | 46200 | 0.1212 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 132 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41000 | 48500 | 0.1546 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 133 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 53600 | 0.2296 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 134 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 135 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 136 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 137 | Manhattan University | 43500 | 74100 | 0.4129 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 138 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 138 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 140 | University at Buffalo | 44000 | 46700 | 0.0578 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 141 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 50600 | 0.1028 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 142 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 143 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 144 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 144 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 146 | University of Delaware | 48700 | 61300 | 0.2065 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 148 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1541 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 149 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 150 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 152 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 83600 | 0.397 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 153 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 154 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 155 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 156 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51800 | 52800 | 0.0189 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 158 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 158 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56000 | 0.0036 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 162 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 163 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 164 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | University of California-Berkeley | 71000 | 76100 | 0.067 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 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.