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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 | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | CUNY City College | 7500 | 31200 | 0.7597 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96500 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 28600 | 0.7176 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10300 | 25000 | 0.5872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 44900 | 0.7461 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.8629 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11800 | 30400 | 0.611 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 21 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 54500 | 0.7688 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 21 | Northeastern University | 12600 | 89100 | 0.8589 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 21 | Tufts University | 12600 | 92100 | 0.8633 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 24 | West Virginia University | 12700 | 57700 | 0.7797 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 25 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13100 | 28000 | 0.5327 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 27 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4786 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 28 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13600 | 17900 | 0.2409 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 28 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13600 | 25700 | 0.4702 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 14000 | 66000 | 0.7883 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 48200 | 0.7102 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 36 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 36900 | 0.6151 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 36 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 14200 | 53000 | 0.7324 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 38 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 39 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 39 | University of Georgia | 14700 | 26600 | 0.4475 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 41 | Bucknell University | 14800 | 94800 | 0.8437 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 42 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 43 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36200 | 0.5808 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 44 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3227 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 45 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 48 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2863 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 50 | Lamar University | 16100 | 22900 | 0.2966 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 50 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 52 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 46200 | 0.6473 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 53 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 54 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16800 | 33600 | 0.4996 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 55 | Cleveland State University | 16900 | 30900 | 0.4525 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 56 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 17200 | 88900 | 0.8068 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 56 | Prairie View A & M University | 17200 | 49200 | 0.65 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 17200 | 33900 | 0.4927 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 59 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3426 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17700 | 50400 | 0.6491 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.361 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 62 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 63 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18100 | 41200 | 0.5613 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 64 | University of Arizona | 18400 | 30900 | 0.4052 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 18800 | 35700 | 0.4736 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 66 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 32800 | 0.4182 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 67 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 69 | Western Michigan University | 19400 | 32500 | 0.4035 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 70 | Texas Tech University | 19600 | 27900 | 0.2978 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 70 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 78200 | 0.7492 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 72 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75800 | 0.7378 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 72 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 74 | University of Tulsa | 20000 | 62900 | 0.682 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 76 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20300 | 30700 | 0.3362 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 79 | Northwestern University | 20400 | 89500 | 0.7724 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 80 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 82 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 21500 | 27100 | 0.2064 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 85 | San Jose State University | 22100 | 41100 | 0.4624 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 86 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23000 | 44400 | 0.4816 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 88 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 35000 | 0.3372 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 89 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 31000 | 0.2482 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 90 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 91 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 91 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3663 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 93 | Dordt University | 24800 | 52500 | 0.5273 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 94 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2586 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 95 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 44000 | 0.4269 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 96 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 97 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 98 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 100 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 101 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 102 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26700 | 40500 | 0.3408 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 104 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41600 | 0.341 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 104 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1331 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 106 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 107 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 109 | Michigan Technological University | 28400 | 34700 | 0.1816 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 111 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 113 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 113 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 117 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 118 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33700 | 0.1218 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 120 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 121 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31200 | 59600 | 0.4762 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 122 | University of Dayton | 31700 | 64200 | 0.5063 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | University of Louisville | 33300 | 42000 | 0.2074 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 127 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 128 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 129 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33900 | 36100 | 0.0609 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 131 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35300 | 75200 | 0.5307 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 131 | University of New Haven | 35300 | 67100 | 0.474 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 133 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 135 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 136 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 137 | California State University-Long Beach | 37300 | 38600 | 0.0337 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 138 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 139 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 140 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 141 | Kettering University | 38400 | 83800 | 0.5418 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 142 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 142 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 144 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 39900 | 81600 | 0.5114 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 145 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 146 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 147 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 148 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 149 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 150 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 151 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 152 | University of Delaware | 47400 | 61300 | 0.2266 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 153 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1369 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49300 | 85800 | 0.4253 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 157 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 158 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 159 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55000 | 56600 | 0.0282 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 160 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 162 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 163 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 166 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 167 | University of California-Berkeley | 70500 | 75900 | 0.0712 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.