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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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4100 | 83400 | 0.9508 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5900 | 40700 | 0.8541 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9263 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 8200 | 89100 | 0.9078 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Lamar University | 9400 | 22900 | 0.5888 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 9900 | 63100 | 0.8436 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 20 | University of California-Berkeley | 10700 | 44400 | 0.7592 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 22 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 23 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11600 | 31400 | 0.6307 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 11900 | 41600 | 0.7144 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 28 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 29 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 42900 | 0.6852 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13500 | 26600 | 0.493 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4956 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 60900 | 0.7687 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 34 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14200 | 25600 | 0.4445 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 37 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 37 | Case Western Reserve University | 14500 | 92800 | 0.8434 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 39 | Western Michigan University | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4495 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 40 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6341 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 14900 | 66000 | 0.7747 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 43 | Stanford University | 15200 | 1932000 | 0.9922 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15200 | 28200 | 0.4606 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 46 | University of Maine | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4781 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 48 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 49 | University of Kansas | 15900 | 34900 | 0.5438 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 50 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 51 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 41200 | 0.5929 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 51 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 27800 | 0.396 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 53 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17200 | 31500 | 0.454 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3451 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 22400 | 0.2236 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 44200 | 0.6047 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 58 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 59 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 60 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 36500 | 0.5132 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 61 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3702 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 62 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7987 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 65 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 66 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 20300 | 44400 | 0.542 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 66 | University of Houston | 20300 | 28400 | 0.2855 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 66 | University of Rhode Island | 20300 | 47400 | 0.5719 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 76400 | 0.7347 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20600 | 26100 | 0.2104 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 71 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 73 | Rowan University | 20700 | 41300 | 0.4991 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 73 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20700 | 40600 | 0.4913 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 75 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 76 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21600 | 27800 | 0.2228 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 76 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21600 | 33600 | 0.3569 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 79 | Lafayette College | 21900 | 91000 | 0.7589 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 80 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 80 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22200 | 80400 | 0.7236 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 82 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 83 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 84 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22800 | 28400 | 0.196 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 84 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 33400 | 0.3172 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 87 | Marian University | 23600 | 59800 | 0.6049 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 88 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 89 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 90 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 91 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 24800 | 31600 | 0.2155 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 93 | University of South Florida | 25000 | 36500 | 0.3147 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 94 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 95 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 39400 | 0.3504 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 96 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 97 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 98 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 99 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 100 | California State University-Long Beach | 27400 | 38800 | 0.2937 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 101 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 102 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 104 | Clarkson University | 28700 | 78000 | 0.6322 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 105 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 106 | Cleveland State University | 29000 | 38600 | 0.2488 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 107 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 108 | Michigan Technological University | 30400 | 34700 | 0.1238 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30400 | 78300 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 111 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 112 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 113 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 114 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 115 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 116 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 117 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 32400 | 92900 | 0.6515 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 120 | University of Louisville | 32600 | 42100 | 0.2254 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 121 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 122 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 123 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33800 | 75200 | 0.5507 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 124 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 125 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 126 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34700 | 51300 | 0.3235 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 127 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35100 | 38500 | 0.0883 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 129 | Texas Tech University | 35900 | 41000 | 0.1245 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 131 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 132 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 133 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 133 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 135 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 135 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 137 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66700 | 0.4334 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37900 | 55500 | 0.3174 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 139 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 140 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41900 | 55300 | 0.2425 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 144 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 145 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 146 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 147 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0923 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 148 | University of New Haven | 45900 | 70700 | 0.3506 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 149 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 150 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 151 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 62400 | 0.232 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 152 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 153 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 48900 | 57000 | 0.1422 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49900 | 58900 | 0.1528 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 156 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50000 | 85400 | 0.4147 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 157 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50800 | 64400 | 0.2112 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 158 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 159 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 160 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 161 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 162 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 164 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 165 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2208 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 166 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 169 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 170 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 171 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.