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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 |
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1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9559 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
4 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5800 | 39100 | 0.8526 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
7 | Johns Hopkins University | 6000 | 88600 | 0.9322 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
8 | Princeton University | 7200 | 81800 | 0.9118 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
9 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
10 | Case Western Reserve University | 8300 | 80400 | 0.8962 | 6,519 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
11 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
12 | Vanderbilt University | 8700 | 95000 | 0.9083 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
13 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
13 | University of Notre Dame | 9400 | 86100 | 0.8907 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
16 | Lafayette College | 10700 | 85800 | 0.8758 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
16 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10700 | 34300 | 0.6876 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
18 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 27200 | 0.5963 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
19 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12500 | 38500 | 0.6752 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
23 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
24 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
25 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 13800 | 26500 | 0.4805 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
26 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
27 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14100 | 25700 | 0.4508 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
27 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
29 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14200 | 23600 | 0.3981 | 7,556 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
30 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
31 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
32 | California State University-Long Beach | 15100 | 25800 | 0.4148 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
33 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15200 | 87300 | 0.8257 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
33 | New York University | 15200 | 91800 | 0.8342 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
33 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8313 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
36 | University of Florida | 15500 | 22300 | 0.3051 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
37 | University of Arizona | 15700 | 30900 | 0.4927 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
38 | Northwestern University | 16000 | 89500 | 0.8216 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
38 | Tufts University | 16000 | 92400 | 0.8272 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
40 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3751 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
41 | Lehigh University | 17000 | 85700 | 0.8021 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
42 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3673 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
43 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,915 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
44 | University of Mississippi | 17900 | 45500 | 0.6071 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
45 | McNeese State University | 18600 | 29200 | 0.3635 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
46 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
47 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3404 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
47 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
49 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19400 | 24500 | 0.2078 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
51 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
52 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19700 | 43700 | 0.5496 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
53 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
54 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
56 | West Virginia University | 20400 | 28800 | 0.2919 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
57 | Montana State University | 20700 | 27100 | 0.2358 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
58 | University of California-Irvine | 20900 | 35300 | 0.4084 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
59 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22100 | 26900 | 0.1796 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
60 | Florida State University | 22200 | 25000 | 0.1122 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
60 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 22200 | 29800 | 0.2539 | 8,362 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
62 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
62 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
64 | University of Rochester | 23200 | 93100 | 0.751 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
65 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23300 | 71600 | 0.6748 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
66 | Tuskegee University | 24000 | 42100 | 0.4304 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
67 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24200 | 39900 | 0.3936 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
68 | Dordt University | 24900 | 51400 | 0.5165 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
69 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
70 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.4001 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
70 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 25200 | 34600 | 0.2719 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
72 | Lamar University | 26200 | 37700 | 0.3047 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
72 | Trine University | 26200 | 56100 | 0.5321 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
74 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 30800 | 0.1407 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
75 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6833 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
76 | Christian Brothers University | 27100 | 54600 | 0.5032 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
77 | Clemson University | 27200 | 35800 | 0.241 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
78 | University of Louisville | 27300 | 42200 | 0.3529 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
78 | University of Tulsa | 27300 | 62700 | 0.5649 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
80 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
80 | Villanova University | 27500 | 88800 | 0.6901 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
82 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
83 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
84 | University of Utah | 28200 | 32000 | 0.1197 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
85 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28300 | 31500 | 0.1016 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
85 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 28300 | 55800 | 0.493 | 22,672 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
87 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
88 | University of North Dakota | 29200 | 32500 | 0.1023 | 11,023 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
89 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
90 | University of South Alabama | 29500 | 35000 | 0.1572 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
91 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
91 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 29900 | 41800 | 0.2848 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
93 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
94 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
95 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30200 | 33100 | 0.0877 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
96 | University of Houston | 30300 | 35200 | 0.1394 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
97 | University of Rhode Island | 30800 | 46700 | 0.3405 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
98 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30900 | 41100 | 0.2484 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
99 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1454 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
100 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31400 | 34700 | 0.095 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
101 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31800 | 39200 | 0.189 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
102 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
103 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,806 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
104 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
105 | University of Dayton | 32500 | 64100 | 0.493 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
106 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 32600 | 54600 | 0.4027 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
107 | Prairie View A & M University | 33900 | 39600 | 0.144 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
108 | Tennessee Technological University | 34300 | 37100 | 0.0762 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
109 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
110 | California Baptist University | 34600 | 65200 | 0.4693 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
110 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34600 | 74600 | 0.5365 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
112 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34700 | 49600 | 0.3002 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
113 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
114 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35400 | 43500 | 0.1863 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
115 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
116 | University of Maine | 35700 | 45100 | 0.2085 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
118 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36200 | 38700 | 0.0647 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
119 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36600 | 46700 | 0.2163 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
120 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
121 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 41800 | 0.1148 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
122 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
123 | University of New Haven | 38000 | 64900 | 0.4142 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
123 | University of Wyoming | 38000 | 43800 | 0.133 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
125 | Kettering University | 38300 | 66900 | 0.4275 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
126 | Wayne State University | 38900 | 45500 | 0.145 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
127 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
128 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39500 | 53100 | 0.2561 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
129 | University of California-San Diego | 39700 | 61100 | 0.3504 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
130 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
131 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
132 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 40600 | 59200 | 0.3138 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
133 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
134 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
135 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41900 | 55100 | 0.2397 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
136 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 54900 | 0.2352 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
137 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 52900 | 0.2004 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
138 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
139 | University of California-Riverside | 43100 | 66400 | 0.3508 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
140 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43300 | 50300 | 0.1392 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
141 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
142 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
143 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45900 | 48000 | 0.0437 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
144 | University of Delaware | 47100 | 53200 | 0.1146 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
145 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
146 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
147 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
147 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
149 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 85800 | 0.4312 | 4,219 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
149 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
151 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49500 | 56400 | 0.1222 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
152 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1113 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
153 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
154 | Washington State University | 49900 | 53900 | 0.0748 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 81000 | 0.3837 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
156 | University of Iowa | 50400 | 53200 | 0.0532 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
157 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50800 | 56300 | 0.0976 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
158 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
159 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51800 | 56100 | 0.0772 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
160 | Howard University | 53400 | 61600 | 0.1331 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
162 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56100 | 58900 | 0.048 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
163 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
165 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
166 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.