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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 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3800 | 83400 | 0.9545 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4100 | 93100 | 0.9564 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 7700 | 86900 | 0.9119 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 93000 | 0.9163 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98000 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9600 | 92600 | 0.896 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | University of Tulsa | 9600 | 82000 | 0.8827 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 16 | University of California-Berkeley | 10200 | 57300 | 0.8214 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 17 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 18 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 33800 | 0.6809 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 45200 | 0.7481 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 20 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38600 | 0.6885 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 23 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 24 | Wayne State University | 12300 | 32900 | 0.6258 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 25 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5216 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 26 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 118100 | 0.8862 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 43500 | 0.6827 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14300 | 36200 | 0.6049 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 33 | Western Michigan University | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4608 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 35 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 92800 | 0.8413 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 36 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 15100 | 1865100 | 0.9919 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 38 | University of Mississippi | 15200 | 37400 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 39 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 40 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15800 | 24200 | 0.3478 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 41 | McNeese State University | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4104 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 41 | University of Arizona | 16400 | 41400 | 0.604 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 44 | Kansas State University | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3692 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3612 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 46 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6074 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 48 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 46800 | 0.6292 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 40600 | 0.5684 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 51 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 52 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 17800 | 90000 | 0.8022 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43800 | 0.5908 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 81200 | 0.7746 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5476 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19500 | 26900 | 0.2751 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 76200 | 0.7401 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 63 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 64 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21000 | 47800 | 0.5608 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 65 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 66 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22100 | 33600 | 0.342 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 67 | University of Houston | 22200 | 27800 | 0.2016 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 22300 | 120000 | 0.8139 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 69 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 36800 | 0.3886 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 70 | Lamar University | 22800 | 37500 | 0.392 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 70 | University of the District of Columbia | 22800 | 35300 | 0.3545 | 3,610 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 29600 | 0.2229 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 73 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23400 | 34500 | 0.322 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 74 | University of Dayton | 24100 | 94000 | 0.7436 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 24600 | 73500 | 0.6655 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 76 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 78 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 43000 | 0.4136 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 79 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 80 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 80 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 82 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 83 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 84 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 85 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 52400 | 0.4907 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 86 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 87 | West Virginia University | 27100 | 51100 | 0.4699 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 88 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 43100 | 0.3693 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 90 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 91 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 92 | Michigan Technological University | 28400 | 45500 | 0.3761 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 93 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 93 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 95 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 96 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 98 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29600 | 59100 | 0.4989 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 99 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30200 | 78200 | 0.6135 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 101 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30300 | 39400 | 0.2311 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 103 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 103 | University of Louisville | 30800 | 42100 | 0.2681 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 105 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 105 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 39400 | 0.2054 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 107 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 108 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 109 | Villanova University | 32000 | 114000 | 0.7194 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 110 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32200 | 44100 | 0.27 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 111 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33000 | 34200 | 0.0351 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 113 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33100 | 72600 | 0.5437 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 114 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 115 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 116 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 117 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 118 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3789 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 119 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 120 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 59600 | 0.3928 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 120 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 123 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.0851 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 124 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 124 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 126 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 127 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 128 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 128 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 130 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 131 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38200 | 60200 | 0.3647 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 132 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 133 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 39400 | 107600 | 0.6336 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 135 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 136 | University of Maine | 40200 | 56000 | 0.2823 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 137 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 138 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40700 | 51300 | 0.2066 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 58900 | 0.3005 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 140 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57200 | 0.2552 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 68700 | 0.3772 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 142 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 143 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 144 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 145 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 146 | University of New Haven | 46300 | 107200 | 0.5681 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 147 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 147 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47100 | 53300 | 0.1162 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 149 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 150 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 151 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 152 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49400 | 65300 | 0.2435 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 154 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 155 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 95600 | 0.473 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 158 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 160 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 163 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 164 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 168 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60300 | 64800 | 0.0694 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 169 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 62600 | 65000 | 0.0369 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 171 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 90000 | 0.2388 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 172 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 85400 | 0.1569 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 173 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.