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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in District of Columbia.
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 District of Columbia.
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 | 3800 | 83400 | 0.9544 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5400 | 40700 | 0.8664 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 7600 | 89100 | 0.9145 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 94200 | 0.9173 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98200 | 0.921 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 12 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | Lamar University | 9000 | 22900 | 0.6062 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 9700 | 92500 | 0.8954 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 9700 | 63100 | 0.8468 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | 10200 | 44400 | 0.7705 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 20 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 21 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 32800 | 0.6703 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 22 | University of the District of Columbia | 11100 | 27500 | 0.5972 | 3,610 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 23 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 24 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 41600 | 0.7264 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | Wayne State University | 12300 | 32900 | 0.6258 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 42900 | 0.6945 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13600 | 60900 | 0.7769 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13900 | 25600 | 0.4562 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14000 | 31000 | 0.549 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 33 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 35 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 36 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 66000 | 0.7792 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14700 | 1932000 | 0.9924 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 39 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 40 | University of Mississippi | 15100 | 27000 | 0.4406 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 42 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 43 | McNeese State University | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4104 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16400 | 24900 | 0.3409 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 45 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16500 | 41200 | 0.6002 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3567 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 46 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16600 | 31500 | 0.4731 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 48 | University of Louisville | 16900 | 29100 | 0.4196 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 51 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 44200 | 0.6138 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 52 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 53 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 54 | Northeastern University | 17800 | 90000 | 0.8021 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17800 | 28100 | 0.3661 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4603 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18400 | 30500 | 0.3964 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3663 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 61 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 62 | University of Houston | 19700 | 28400 | 0.3067 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 76400 | 0.7413 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 64 | Rowan University | 20000 | 41300 | 0.516 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 40600 | 0.5061 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 66 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20200 | 35200 | 0.4257 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 67 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 70 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 72 | University of Kansas | 21700 | 44400 | 0.5109 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 72 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21700 | 80400 | 0.7298 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 75 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 77 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 79 | Marian University | 23400 | 59800 | 0.6083 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 80 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24000 | 40500 | 0.4075 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 82 | University of Dayton | 24100 | 64400 | 0.6255 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28300 | 0.1413 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 84 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 85 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 86 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25200 | 32900 | 0.2359 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 87 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25300 | 39400 | 0.358 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 88 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 89 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26000 | 28000 | 0.0713 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 40600 | 0.3546 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44700 | 0.4042 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 94 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 95 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27700 | 33300 | 0.1671 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 96 | Clarkson University | 28000 | 78000 | 0.6412 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 97 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 98 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 99 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34200 | 0.1431 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30000 | 78300 | 0.6169 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 104 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 104 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 106 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 107 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 108 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 110 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 32000 | 92900 | 0.6558 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 113 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33400 | 75200 | 0.556 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 114 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 115 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34100 | 59100 | 0.4228 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 116 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 116 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34300 | 51300 | 0.3313 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 118 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 119 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 119 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 121 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 34800 | 38500 | 0.0961 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 122 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 41000 | 0.1342 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 123 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 124 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 124 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 127 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 128 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 129 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 129 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 131 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 131 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 131 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 134 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 38800 | 44400 | 0.1254 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 135 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 136 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 137 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 138 | University of Maine | 40200 | 42800 | 0.0608 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 139 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 140 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 141 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 142 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0923 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 143 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 70700 | 0.3492 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 144 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 145 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 146 | University of Kentucky | 48300 | 59900 | 0.1934 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 147 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 148 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 150 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49300 | 67600 | 0.2708 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 151 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 85400 | 0.4135 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 152 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 153 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 154 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 155 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 156 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 157 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53100 | 53300 | 0.0037 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 158 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 158 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 160 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 163 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 166 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 169 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.