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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3700 | 82600 | 0.9552 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 96200 | 0.9195 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | University of Tulsa | 11300 | 62900 | 0.82 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11300 | 29100 | 0.6122 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11600 | 25700 | 0.548 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 19 | Tufts University | 12000 | 92100 | 0.8698 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 20 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5162 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 22 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 22 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12700 | 17900 | 0.2913 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 24 | University of Houston | 13600 | 22000 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 28 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 13900 | 88900 | 0.844 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14300 | 36200 | 0.6049 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 30 | University of St Thomas | 14700 | 50900 | 0.7115 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 31 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 32 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 32 | Western Michigan University | 15200 | 26500 | 0.4268 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89100 | 0.8275 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 38 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 40 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 43 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 44 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4159 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 46 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 35300 | 0.4983 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 48 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 49 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18800 | 31000 | 0.394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 50 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 19100 | 22400 | 0.1476 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 53 | University of Mississippi | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 54 | University of Arizona | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3695 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 55 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 31900 | 0.385 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 75900 | 0.7395 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 57 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 57 | Youngstown State University | 19900 | 34000 | 0.4147 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 29300 | 0.3101 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 59 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 62 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 63 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 64 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 65 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 65 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 67 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 68 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22100 | 33600 | 0.342 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 69 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 69 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 72 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 74 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 75 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 76 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.345 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 77 | University of Kansas | 24100 | 43000 | 0.4406 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3877 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 79 | Miami University-Oxford | 24200 | 27500 | 0.1202 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 79 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24200 | 30600 | 0.2091 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 81 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24400 | 40500 | 0.3976 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 82 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 83 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5497 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 84 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 85 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 86 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 86 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.078 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 88 | Kansas State University | 26900 | 30400 | 0.1171 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1229 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 91 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 92 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27700 | 32800 | 0.1541 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 94 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 96 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 97 | University of Dayton | 28800 | 64200 | 0.5515 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 98 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 98 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 100 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 100 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 29200 | 33300 | 0.1246 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 100 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1383 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 104 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 106 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 30400 | 56700 | 0.4639 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 107 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30500 | 38500 | 0.2078 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 109 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59100 | 0.4769 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 111 | Lamar University | 31000 | 38300 | 0.1907 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 112 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0785 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 113 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 116 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 117 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 119 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 120 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.178 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 122 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 123 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 124 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 125 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 35900 | 56700 | 0.3666 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 127 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.396 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 127 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 129 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0558 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 130 | University of New Haven | 36700 | 67300 | 0.4545 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 131 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 132 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 133 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 40000 | 82800 | 0.5171 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 136 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 137 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40300 | 50000 | 0.1942 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 138 | Wayne State University | 40400 | 46200 | 0.1256 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40500 | 47500 | 0.1474 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 140 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 53600 | 0.1998 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 142 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 143 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 143 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 145 | Manhattan University | 43700 | 74100 | 0.4102 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 146 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 148 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 76000 | 0.3973 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 149 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86300 | 0.4656 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 150 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 151 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 152 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48100 | 48600 | 0.0103 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 153 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | University of California-Riverside | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 157 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 158 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56500 | 0.0124 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 162 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 167 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 76100 | 0.071 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 168 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.