Recent Articles
Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | |
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 | Johns Hopkins University | 5900 | 88600 | 0.9333 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
7 | Princeton University | 7200 | 81800 | 0.9118 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
8 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
9 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
10 | Vanderbilt University | 8700 | 95000 | 0.9083 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
11 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 8800 | 30100 | 0.7075 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
12 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
12 | University of Notre Dame | 9400 | 86100 | 0.8907 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
14 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
15 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 37800 | 0.7293 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
16 | Lafayette College | 10700 | 85800 | 0.8758 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10800 | 27200 | 0.6037 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
18 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
19 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
19 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
21 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12600 | 24400 | 0.4841 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
21 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12600 | 37100 | 0.6599 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
23 | University of South Florida | 13100 | 17100 | 0.2337 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
24 | University of Delaware | 13200 | 32500 | 0.5923 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13600 | 17900 | 0.2409 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
26 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 39000 | 0.6518 | 22,672 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
28 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
30 | Case Western Reserve University | 13900 | 80400 | 0.8266 | 6,519 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
30 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
30 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13900 | 23600 | 0.4108 | 7,556 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
33 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
33 | West Virginia University | 14100 | 23300 | 0.3948 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
35 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
36 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 14900 | 25800 | 0.4202 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
37 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15000 | 87300 | 0.8279 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
37 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
37 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
40 | California State University-Long Beach | 15100 | 25800 | 0.4148 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
41 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
41 | New York University | 15200 | 91800 | 0.8342 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
43 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23100 | 0.3289 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
43 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 85700 | 0.8196 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
45 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3704 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
46 | Tufts University | 15700 | 92400 | 0.8305 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
47 | University of Arizona | 15900 | 30900 | 0.4862 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
47 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 15900 | 35700 | 0.5549 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
49 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16000 | 78300 | 0.7958 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
50 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3751 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
51 | University of Kansas | 17000 | 34900 | 0.5133 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
52 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 25400 | 0.3111 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
53 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3619 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
53 | University of Louisville | 17700 | 29100 | 0.3921 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
55 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,915 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
55 | University of Maine | 17800 | 29000 | 0.3864 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
57 | University of Mississippi | 17900 | 45500 | 0.6071 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
58 | McNeese State University | 18600 | 29200 | 0.3635 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
59 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
60 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
60 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
62 | San Jose State University | 19100 | 29900 | 0.3609 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
63 | Cleveland State University | 19500 | 37300 | 0.4775 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
64 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19700 | 24500 | 0.1955 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19700 | 26900 | 0.2675 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
66 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
67 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
68 | Montana State University | 20400 | 27100 | 0.2469 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 38100 | 0.4614 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
70 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
71 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 21900 | 29800 | 0.263 | 8,362 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
72 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22100 | 26900 | 0.1796 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
73 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 22200 | 28000 | 0.207 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
74 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22400 | 30300 | 0.2605 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
75 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
75 | University of Rochester | 22900 | 93100 | 0.7542 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
77 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
78 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23200 | 71600 | 0.6762 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
78 | Tennessee Technological University | 23200 | 32600 | 0.2864 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
80 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 23800 | 32500 | 0.2672 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
81 | Tuskegee University | 24000 | 42100 | 0.4304 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
81 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
83 | Iowa State University | 24100 | 41400 | 0.4175 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
83 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24100 | 39900 | 0.3961 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
85 | Dordt University | 24800 | 52300 | 0.5256 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
87 | Lamar University | 26100 | 37700 | 0.3074 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
88 | Trine University | 26200 | 56100 | 0.5321 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
89 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6833 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
90 | Christian Brothers University | 27100 | 54600 | 0.5032 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27100 | 40300 | 0.3274 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
90 | University of Tulsa | 27100 | 62700 | 0.5681 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
93 | Mississippi State University | 27500 | 32300 | 0.1493 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
93 | Villanova University | 27500 | 88800 | 0.6901 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
95 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28200 | 31500 | 0.1048 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
96 | University of Utah | 28200 | 32000 | 0.1197 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
98 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4576 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
99 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
100 | University of North Dakota | 29200 | 32500 | 0.1023 | 11,023 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
101 | University of South Alabama | 29300 | 35000 | 0.1629 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
103 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
104 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30100 | 31100 | 0.0322 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
104 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
106 | University of Houston | 30200 | 35200 | 0.1422 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
107 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
108 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30800 | 41100 | 0.2508 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
109 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1916 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
110 | Hampton University | 31800 | 47000 | 0.3235 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
111 | Widener University | 32200 | 75300 | 0.5721 | 2,806 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
112 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
112 | University of Dayton | 32400 | 64100 | 0.4945 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
114 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
115 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
116 | California Baptist University | 34600 | 65200 | 0.4693 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
116 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34600 | 74600 | 0.5365 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
116 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34600 | 49600 | 0.3022 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
119 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
120 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35400 | 43500 | 0.1863 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
121 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 36400 | 46700 | 0.2206 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
122 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36700 | 62000 | 0.4081 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
123 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 41800 | 0.1125 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
124 | Benedictine College | 37900 | 50800 | 0.254 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
124 | University of New Haven | 37900 | 64900 | 0.4158 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
126 | University of Wyoming | 38000 | 43800 | 0.133 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
128 | Kettering University | 38300 | 66900 | 0.4275 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
129 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
130 | Wayne State University | 38800 | 45500 | 0.1472 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
131 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
132 | University of California-San Diego | 39500 | 61100 | 0.3536 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
132 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39500 | 53100 | 0.2561 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
134 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
135 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 40600 | 59200 | 0.3138 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
136 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
137 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
138 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
139 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
140 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 42500 | 46200 | 0.0807 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
141 | University of California-Riverside | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3539 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
142 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45600 | 0.057 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
143 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43200 | 50300 | 0.1412 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
144 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
146 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
147 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
148 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
148 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
150 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 85800 | 0.4312 | 4,219 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
150 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
150 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 48800 | 57200 | 0.1473 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
153 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49300 | 56400 | 0.1258 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
154 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1112 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
154 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49700 | 52300 | 0.0497 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
156 | Washington State University | 49900 | 53900 | 0.0748 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
156 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 81000 | 0.3837 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
159 | University of Iowa | 50400 | 53200 | 0.0532 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
160 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50900 | 56300 | 0.0958 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
161 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
162 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
163 | Howard University | 53300 | 61600 | 0.1348 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
164 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
165 | University of California-Irvine | 54500 | 64800 | 0.1589 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
166 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
167 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
168 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
169 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.