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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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3300 | 112100 | 0.9705 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 3800 | 83400 | 0.9545 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4100 | 93100 | 0.9564 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | Northeastern University | 6400 | 89100 | 0.9286 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 96500 | 0.929 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Lafayette College | 7700 | 112400 | 0.9316 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 7700 | 86900 | 0.9119 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 93000 | 0.9163 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98000 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 13 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9600 | 92600 | 0.896 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9600 | 82000 | 0.8827 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | University of California-Berkeley | 10200 | 57300 | 0.8214 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 18 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 19 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 33800 | 0.6809 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 45200 | 0.7481 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 22 | Tufts University | 12000 | 118800 | 0.8989 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38600 | 0.6885 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 24 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 25 | Wayne State University | 12300 | 32900 | 0.6258 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 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 Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 43500 | 0.6827 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 30 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13900 | 25600 | 0.4562 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | Western Michigan University | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4608 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 34 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 92800 | 0.8413 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15000 | 24900 | 0.3971 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 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 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 39 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15800 | 24200 | 0.3478 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 40 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 40 | McNeese State University | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4104 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 40 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16400 | 39900 | 0.5898 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 40 | University of Arizona | 16400 | 41400 | 0.604 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 40 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3612 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6074 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 48 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 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 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 17700 | 40300 | 0.5611 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 52 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5476 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18600 | 30100 | 0.3818 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 57 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 32100 | 0.3906 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 59 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 81200 | 0.7561 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 76200 | 0.7401 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 62 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5378 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 62 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 64 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 25500 | 0.204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 65 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21200 | 28300 | 0.2512 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 68 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 70 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22100 | 33600 | 0.342 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 71 | University of Houston | 22200 | 27800 | 0.2016 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 73 | Lamar University | 22800 | 37500 | 0.392 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 74 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22900 | 36100 | 0.3653 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 75 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 29600 | 0.2229 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 77 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23100 | 26900 | 0.1413 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 78 | University of Dayton | 24100 | 94000 | 0.7436 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3731 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 80 | Montana State University | 24600 | 73500 | 0.6655 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 81 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 43000 | 0.4136 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 82 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 82 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 84 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26000 | 28000 | 0.0713 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 85 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 85 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 85 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 88 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 89 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 52400 | 0.4907 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | West Virginia University | 27100 | 51100 | 0.4699 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 93 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 43100 | 0.3693 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 95 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 96 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 97 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29600 | 59100 | 0.4989 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 98 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 99 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 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 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 106 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 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 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 32000 | 114000 | 0.7194 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 111 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32200 | 44100 | 0.27 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 112 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 113 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 69700 | 0.5276 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 114 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33100 | 72600 | 0.5437 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 115 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 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 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 119 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 59600 | 0.3928 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 119 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 122 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.0851 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 123 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 124 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66600 | 0.4412 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 125 | 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 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 131 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 131 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 133 | Drexel University | 39400 | 107600 | 0.6336 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 134 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 39800 | 95000 | 0.5812 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 135 | University of Mississippi | 40000 | 60300 | 0.3366 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 136 | University of Maine | 40200 | 56000 | 0.2823 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 137 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 58900 | 0.3005 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 138 | University at Buffalo | 41500 | 46400 | 0.1057 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 139 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57200 | 0.2552 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 140 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 68700 | 0.3772 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 141 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 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 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0886 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 145 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 146 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 147 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 46200 | 59900 | 0.2287 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 148 | University of New Haven | 46300 | 107200 | 0.5681 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 149 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 150 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62000 | 0.2335 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 151 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 152 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 153 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 154 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 155 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49400 | 65300 | 0.2435 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 51200 | 74100 | 0.3093 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 158 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 159 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 161 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 66500 | 0.191 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 162 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | Howard University | 54900 | 67300 | 0.1842 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 165 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 166 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Michigan Technological University | 60700 | 76100 | 0.2023 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 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.