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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | Princeton University | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9174 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 8 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 13 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 95700 | 0.8834 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 16 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 18 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 19 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 39700 | 0.6976 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12000 | 29100 | 0.5881 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 22 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 24 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 25000 | 0.4873 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 27 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 43000 | 0.6837 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 25400 | 0.4608 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 33 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 34 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15500 | 24900 | 0.377 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8265 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 39 | Western Michigan University | 15700 | 26500 | 0.4079 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 41 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 16100 | 24200 | 0.3354 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 42 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16300 | 26900 | 0.3916 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 44 | McNeese State University | 16400 | 27500 | 0.403 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 16400 | 34900 | 0.5302 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 46 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 47 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 32900 | 0.4921 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 48 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 50 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17100 | 35700 | 0.5211 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 50 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 52 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 53 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 55 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0.0015 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 55 | University of Mississippi | 18200 | 27000 | 0.3258 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 57 | University of California-Berkeley | 18800 | 43500 | 0.5683 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 58 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 19100 | 83600 | 0.7718 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 59 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 60 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3271 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 62 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 64 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 65 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 29300 | 0.2999 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 66 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20500 | 31900 | 0.356 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 75900 | 0.7303 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 69 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 70 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 71 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 72 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22300 | 22900 | 0.0262 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 75 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 22500 | 27100 | 0.1695 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 76 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2724 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 79 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3487 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 83 | University of Arizona | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 84 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 85 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25000 | 30600 | 0.183 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 85 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 89 | University of Dayton | 25500 | 64200 | 0.6029 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 90 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2194 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 91 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 91 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 91 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 94 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 95 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 95 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 97 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 98 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 99 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 101 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 102 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 104 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 105 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28000 | 33300 | 0.1589 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 107 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 109 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 109 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28800 | 31800 | 0.0943 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 112 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 113 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 43300 | 0.2954 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 115 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 118 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 119 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2206 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 120 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 120 | Michigan Technological University | 31200 | 34700 | 0.1009 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 124 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 126 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 127 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 127 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33200 | 49500 | 0.3296 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 129 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 130 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 131 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33900 | 70200 | 0.5174 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 132 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 133 | University of Rhode Island | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 135 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 47500 | 0.2381 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 136 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 138 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 139 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 140 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 141 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 142 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 142 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 144 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 145 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 146 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 147 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40600 | 50600 | 0.1977 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 149 | University of New Haven | 41200 | 67300 | 0.3876 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 150 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 151 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 53600 | 0.2203 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 152 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 153 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 153 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 155 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 156 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 158 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 158 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 160 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 83600 | 0.4006 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 163 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 164 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 165 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 166 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 166 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 168 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 169 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 170 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 171 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 172 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 173 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 174 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.