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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 2 | Princeton University | 3600 | 83400 | 0.9568 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 3900 | 88100 | 0.9559 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 7400 | 89100 | 0.9168 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 9 | Lafayette College | 7800 | 91000 | 0.9138 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98200 | 0.921 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 12 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9600 | 92500 | 0.8965 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9600 | 63100 | 0.8484 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 20 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 21 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 12000 | 42900 | 0.7202 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 23 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5322 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4201 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13800 | 60900 | 0.7736 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 28 | Youngstown State University | 13900 | 28400 | 0.5104 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 29 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14000 | 31000 | 0.549 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 30 | Western Michigan University | 14200 | 26500 | 0.4646 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 31 | Bucknell University | 14500 | 95700 | 0.8489 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 66000 | 0.7807 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 73100 | 0.8013 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 14600 | 1932000 | 0.9925 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 35 | University of Maine | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4918 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 38 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 39 | McNeese State University | 16200 | 27800 | 0.4176 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 40 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16300 | 24900 | 0.3449 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 42 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 43 | University of Louisville | 16800 | 29100 | 0.4231 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 44 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17000 | 44200 | 0.6161 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4131 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 17700 | 90000 | 0.8032 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 46 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 49 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 49 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 33900 | 0.4632 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 51 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18400 | 30500 | 0.3964 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 52 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 54 | University of Houston | 19500 | 21800 | 0.1055 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 55 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 76400 | 0.7439 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 56 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 57 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 26100 | 0.2295 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 58 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 58 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 60 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.229 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 64 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21100 | 33600 | 0.3717 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 66 | University of Kansas | 21600 | 44400 | 0.5132 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 66 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21600 | 80400 | 0.731 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 69 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 33400 | 0.3292 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 69 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22400 | 35300 | 0.3649 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 72 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 75 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 76 | Lamar University | 23200 | 37700 | 0.3844 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 77 | Marian University | 23300 | 59800 | 0.6099 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23500 | 34500 | 0.3191 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 79 | University of Dayton | 24000 | 64400 | 0.6271 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 81 | Miami University-Oxford | 24100 | 28300 | 0.1483 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 82 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 83 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2736 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 85 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25100 | 32900 | 0.2389 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 86 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 39400 | 0.3606 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 90 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 91 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 92 | California State University-Long Beach | 27100 | 38800 | 0.3015 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 94 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 95 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27700 | 33300 | 0.1671 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 96 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 97 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 98 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 98 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 100 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 101 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 102 | Towson University | 29500 | 30100 | 0.02 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 102 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29800 | 78300 | 0.6195 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 105 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 106 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 107 | Prairie View A & M University | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2297 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 108 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31000 | 59400 | 0.4781 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 110 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 111 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 114 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 115 | Villanova University | 31900 | 92900 | 0.6569 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 116 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 118 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 119 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34000 | 59100 | 0.4245 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 120 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34100 | 51300 | 0.3352 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 121 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 122 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 123 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 125 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 34800 | 38500 | 0.0961 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 126 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 129 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 129 | Rowan University | 36000 | 53600 | 0.3282 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 131 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36700 | 0.0082 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 132 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 133 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 133 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 135 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 135 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 135 | Widener University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5254 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 138 | Drexel University | 39300 | 86400 | 0.5455 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 139 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 140 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 141 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41000 | 55300 | 0.2588 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 142 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 143 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 144 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 145 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0918 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 146 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 147 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 70700 | 0.3478 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 148 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 149 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 149 | University of California-San Diego | 48500 | 79600 | 0.3906 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49100 | 58900 | 0.1664 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 152 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 153 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49600 | 64400 | 0.2298 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 155 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 156 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 157 | University of California-Berkeley | 51400 | 76600 | 0.3289 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 158 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53000 | 53300 | 0.0056 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 160 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 162 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2204 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 163 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 166 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 167 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 171 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75000 | 0.0387 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.