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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 3500 | 75600 | 0.9536 | 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 | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 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 | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 11200 | 62900 | 0.8216 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.6151 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 17 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 18 | Lamar University | 12000 | 22900 | 0.4754 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 18 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 20 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5162 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 20 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 23 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12900 | 43000 | 0.7 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 26 | University of St Thomas | 14400 | 50900 | 0.7174 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 27 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 28 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 14800 | 24900 | 0.4051 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 30 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 31 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 32500 | 0.5268 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 32 | University of California-Riverside | 15600 | 36500 | 0.5722 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 35 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 37 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 38 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 25400 | 0.3111 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 39 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43500 | 0.589 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 41 | Youngstown State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4677 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 42 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3792 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 44 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45000 | 0.5849 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 45 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 46 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 75900 | 0.7435 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 47 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20100 | 29300 | 0.3135 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 50 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 50 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 52 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 53 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 55 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 56 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 57 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 58 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 58 | New York University | 22600 | 91800 | 0.7535 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 62 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 63 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4452 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 64 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3448 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 67 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 68 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 69 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.257 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 70 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25400 | 30600 | 0.17 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 71 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 72 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5497 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 73 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 74 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0849 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 76 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1256 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 76 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 78 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 78 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 80 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38100 | 0.2862 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 81 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27500 | 32800 | 0.1602 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 81 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 83 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 85 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 86 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 87 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 87 | Montclair State University | 28700 | 36300 | 0.2096 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 87 | University of Dayton | 28700 | 64200 | 0.5531 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 90 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 29200 | 33300 | 0.1246 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 29300 | 31900 | 0.0814 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 92 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 93 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 94 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 94 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 30500 | 39900 | 0.2357 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 96 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 97 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 98 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 98 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 98 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 98 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0785 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 102 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31200 | 41200 | 0.243 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 102 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 104 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31400 | 49500 | 0.366 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 105 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 106 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 107 | Rowan University | 32700 | 41300 | 0.2091 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 108 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 110 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 110 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 112 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34300 | 39000 | 0.1194 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 115 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 116 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35500 | 56700 | 0.3739 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 117 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.396 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 117 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 119 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 119 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 121 | Rutgers University-Newark | 37200 | 57900 | 0.3574 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 122 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 123 | Kettering University | 37400 | 71800 | 0.479 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 124 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 125 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 126 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 128 | Kean University | 39400 | 48300 | 0.1843 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 129 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 130 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 131 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 132 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 47500 | 0.1558 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 132 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40100 | 44100 | 0.0907 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 132 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 135 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 136 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 137 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 42800 | 85400 | 0.4989 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 137 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 139 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 140 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 140 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 142 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4088 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 144 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 144 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 146 | University of California-San Diego | 45500 | 76000 | 0.4012 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 147 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 148 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1953 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 149 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 150 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 151 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 152 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48200 | 48600 | 0.0082 | 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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 156 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 83600 | 0.3946 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 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 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 163 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 166 | Howard University | 59900 | 66500 | 0.0993 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 167 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 170 | 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.