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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Oregon.
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 Oregon.
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 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 6500 | 88600 | 0.9265 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 7800 | 81800 | 0.9045 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 8 | CUNY City College | 8600 | 31200 | 0.7245 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 8800 | 95000 | 0.9072 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10800 | 27200 | 0.6037 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 15 | Lafayette College | 12000 | 85800 | 0.8606 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 34300 | 0.6439 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 17 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12600 | 37100 | 0.6599 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13200 | 39000 | 0.6621 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 24 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 25 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 25 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5468 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14400 | 25600 | 0.4367 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14400 | 23600 | 0.3896 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 23300 | 0.3776 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 31 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 80400 | 0.8179 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 32 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 33 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 34 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 35 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 36 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23100 | 0.3203 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 38 | New York University | 15800 | 91800 | 0.8277 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8235 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 16100 | 24900 | 0.353 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 41 | Carnegie Mellon University | 16200 | 87300 | 0.8142 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 41 | Lamar University | 16200 | 22900 | 0.2922 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 43 | University of Arizona | 16500 | 30900 | 0.4668 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 44 | Lehigh University | 16600 | 85700 | 0.8068 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | Tufts University | 16600 | 92400 | 0.8207 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 46 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 47 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 48 | University of Maine | 17800 | 29000 | 0.3866 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 49 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3455 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 29200 | 0.3566 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45500 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 55 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 56 | Portland State University | 19300 | 26100 | 0.26 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 56 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 56 | Youngstown State University | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3409 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 59 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 60 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | Wayne State University | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3782 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 63 | Western Michigan University | 20500 | 32300 | 0.3654 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20700 | 36200 | 0.4276 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 66 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3071 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 67 | Montana State University | 21000 | 27100 | 0.2248 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 68 | University of Oregon | 21900 | 38600 | 0.434 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 69 | University of California-Irvine | 22100 | 35300 | 0.3744 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 70 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 72 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23700 | 71600 | 0.6692 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 72 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23700 | 24500 | 0.0326 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 74 | University of Rochester | 23800 | 93100 | 0.7446 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 75 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3361 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 76 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24400 | 39900 | 0.3886 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 77 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 32200 | 0.2359 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 78 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24800 | 26900 | 0.0771 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 79 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Dordt University | 25100 | 52300 | 0.5199 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 80 | Tennessee Technological University | 25100 | 33700 | 0.2548 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 80 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 83 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 42000 | 0.3948 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 84 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5488 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 85 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5258 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 86 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27300 | 36700 | 0.2554 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 88 | Rowan University | 27500 | 40500 | 0.3209 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 89 | University of Tulsa | 27600 | 62700 | 0.5601 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 90 | University of Louisville | 27700 | 42200 | 0.3434 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 91 | California State University-Long Beach | 27900 | 38400 | 0.2738 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 92 | Villanova University | 28000 | 88800 | 0.6845 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 93 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 94 | Clarkson University | 28900 | 78000 | 0.6296 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 94 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 94 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 97 | University of South Alabama | 29800 | 35000 | 0.1486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 98 | University of North Dakota | 30000 | 32500 | 0.0791 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 99 | San Jose State University | 30200 | 41000 | 0.2632 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30300 | 41800 | 0.2753 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 101 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30400 | 33100 | 0.0816 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 103 | University of Houston | 30800 | 35200 | 0.1251 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 105 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1604 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 106 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32100 | 39200 | 0.1813 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 107 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 108 | Widener University | 32400 | 75300 | 0.5695 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 109 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 109 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 111 | University of Dayton | 32700 | 64100 | 0.4898 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 113 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33300 | 54600 | 0.3899 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 114 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 115 | Prairie View A & M University | 34300 | 39600 | 0.1339 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 117 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 35100 | 0.0171 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 118 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34700 | 74600 | 0.5351 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 118 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 120 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35000 | 49600 | 0.2941 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 121 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 122 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 35500 | 35500 | 0 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 123 | Colorado School of Mines | 36300 | 59800 | 0.3932 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 124 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 125 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 126 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.258 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 127 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 128 | University of New Haven | 38200 | 64900 | 0.4111 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 129 | Kettering University | 38400 | 66900 | 0.426 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 130 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 130 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 132 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1158 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 133 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 52900 | 0.2607 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 136 | University of California-San Diego | 40100 | 61100 | 0.3438 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 137 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 138 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 139 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 140 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 141 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42200 | 52100 | 0.19 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54900 | 0.2297 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 52900 | 0.1947 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 146 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 147 | University of California-Riverside | 43400 | 66400 | 0.3463 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 147 | University of Florida | 43400 | 45600 | 0.0482 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 149 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3656 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 150 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 150 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 153 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 154 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49100 | 85800 | 0.4277 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 155 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50000 | 52300 | 0.0439 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 156 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 81000 | 0.3751 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 157 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 158 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51500 | 56300 | 0.0852 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 161 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52200 | 56100 | 0.0691 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 162 | Howard University | 53500 | 61600 | 0.1315 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 163 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 164 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 165 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 168 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.