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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 | 5100 | 75600 | 0.9325 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 6600 | 91800 | 0.9285 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 96500 | 0.9204 | 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 | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8800 | 90000 | 0.9027 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86200 | 0.8821 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 41800 | 0.7295 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 17 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 85800 | 0.8618 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 18 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 19 | West Virginia University | 12500 | 57700 | 0.7832 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 12600 | 36500 | 0.6543 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12900 | 28000 | 0.5399 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 24 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 25 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 25 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4912 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 27 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13800 | 48200 | 0.7143 | 1,448 | 1035 | 0.61 | |
| 33 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 36 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 37 | Bucknell University | 14800 | 94800 | 0.8437 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15200 | 27600 | 0.4494 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 15800 | 35700 | 0.5575 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 43 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 45 | McNeese State University | 16400 | 32800 | 0.5006 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 46 | University of California-Berkeley | 16500 | 43500 | 0.6212 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 47 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 47 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16600 | 33600 | 0.5055 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 49 | Lamar University | 16800 | 41900 | 0.599 | 8,218 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 49 | University of Louisville | 16800 | 29100 | 0.4231 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16900 | 39000 | 0.5678 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 53 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 32200 | 0.4719 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 54 | Prairie View A & M University | 17300 | 39600 | 0.5629 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 17400 | 50400 | 0.6551 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 55 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 46400 | 0.6245 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 57 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 17800 | 24200 | 0.265 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 58 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 18200 | 30900 | 0.4117 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19200 | 78700 | 0.7561 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 61 | Western Michigan University | 19200 | 32500 | 0.4097 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3374 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 63 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33600 | 0.4193 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75800 | 0.7418 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 67 | University of Tulsa | 19700 | 62900 | 0.6868 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19900 | 30700 | 0.3502 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20200 | 32800 | 0.3847 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20300 | 38000 | 0.4656 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 71 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 71 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 74 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 74 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20600 | 42600 | 0.517 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 76 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 79 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31500 | 0.2731 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 80 | New York University | 23600 | 91800 | 0.7427 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 81 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 82 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 83 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 84 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24500 | 56100 | 0.563 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 85 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0794 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 86 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52500 | 0.5254 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 86 | University of Kansas | 24900 | 44000 | 0.4344 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 88 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 89 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 90 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 90 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26400 | 40500 | 0.3482 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 93 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1058 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 96 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 96 | University of St Thomas | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4776 | 3,395 | 1080 | 0.8993 | |
| 98 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 98 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 100 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 100 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 102 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 103 | Clarkson University | 28000 | 78000 | 0.6412 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 106 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 110 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 114 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59600 | 0.4812 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 115 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 116 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31400 | 75200 | 0.5826 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 117 | University of Dayton | 31500 | 64200 | 0.5094 | 7,740 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 119 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 119 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 121 | Rowan University | 32700 | 41700 | 0.2144 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 123 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 124 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 36100 | 0.0664 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 125 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 127 | University of New Haven | 35200 | 67100 | 0.4755 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 128 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36000 | 36600 | 0.0164 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 129 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 60100 | 0.3962 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 129 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 131 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 132 | California State University-Long Beach | 37100 | 38600 | 0.0389 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 133 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 134 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 135 | Kettering University | 38300 | 83800 | 0.5429 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 136 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39300 | 44400 | 0.1157 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 139 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 140 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 41100 | 84800 | 0.5151 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 140 | Widener University | 41100 | 79400 | 0.4825 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 142 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41200 | 47200 | 0.127 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 143 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53400 | 0.2023 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 145 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 146 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 147 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43700 | 49300 | 0.1135 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 148 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 149 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 150 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 151 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2292 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 152 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 153 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | University of California-San Diego | 48800 | 77100 | 0.3668 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1357 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 82600 | 0.3863 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54600 | 56600 | 0.0353 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 162 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 163 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 164 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 168 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 169 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.