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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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3800 | 83400 | 0.9545 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4100 | 93100 | 0.9564 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | New York University | 6900 | 92100 | 0.9251 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 7700 | 86900 | 0.9119 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 93000 | 0.9163 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98000 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 8700 | 38900 | 0.7767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9600 | 92600 | 0.896 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | University of Tulsa | 9600 | 82000 | 0.8827 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 17 | Portland State University | 9900 | 73900 | 0.8658 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 18 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 19 | University of California-Berkeley | 10200 | 57300 | 0.8214 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 20 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 21 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 22 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 33800 | 0.6809 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 23 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 45200 | 0.7481 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 23 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 25 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 112400 | 0.896 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | 12200 | 95000 | 0.872 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 12300 | 32900 | 0.6258 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 28 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5216 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 30 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12700 | 17900 | 0.2913 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 32 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 118100 | 0.8862 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 34 | University of Houston | 13600 | 21800 | 0.3761 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 43500 | 0.6827 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 36 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 37 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14300 | 36200 | 0.6049 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 38 | Western Michigan University | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4608 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 40 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 92800 | 0.8413 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15000 | 24900 | 0.3971 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 42 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | Stanford University | 15100 | 1865100 | 0.9919 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 42 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 45 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 46 | McNeese State University | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4104 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 46 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 50 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 33300 | 0.5016 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3692 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 52 | University of Louisville | 16900 | 29100 | 0.4196 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 53 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6074 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 40600 | 0.5684 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 36800 | 0.5183 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 57 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 59 | Northeastern University | 17800 | 90000 | 0.8022 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 61 | Texas Tech University | 18100 | 27100 | 0.332 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 62 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18400 | 65300 | 0.7182 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5476 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 64 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 65 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19500 | 26900 | 0.2751 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 66 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 81200 | 0.7561 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 76200 | 0.7401 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 71 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5378 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 72 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 20600 | 29600 | 0.304 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 74 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 75 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21000 | 47800 | 0.5608 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 77 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 77 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 79 | Tufts University | 22300 | 120000 | 0.8139 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 80 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 36800 | 0.3886 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 81 | Lamar University | 22800 | 37500 | 0.392 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 83 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23200 | 32900 | 0.2944 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 84 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23400 | 34500 | 0.322 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24000 | 42000 | 0.4291 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 86 | University of Dayton | 24100 | 94000 | 0.7436 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 86 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 24600 | 73500 | 0.6655 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 89 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 43000 | 0.4136 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 90 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 91 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 92 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26000 | 28000 | 0.0713 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 93 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 40600 | 0.3546 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 96 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 97 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 98 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 32700 | 0.1618 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 99 | Villanova University | 28200 | 114000 | 0.7527 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 100 | Michigan Technological University | 28400 | 45500 | 0.3761 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 101 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 103 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29600 | 59100 | 0.4989 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 104 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 105 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30200 | 78200 | 0.6135 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 106 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 107 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 108 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31200 | 38500 | 0.1897 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 108 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 112 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 113 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32200 | 44100 | 0.27 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 115 | Prairie View A & M University | 32500 | 39600 | 0.1792 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 115 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 117 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 69700 | 0.5276 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33000 | 34200 | 0.0351 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 120 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33100 | 72600 | 0.5437 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 121 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 122 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 123 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 124 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 125 | Colorado School of Mines | 36200 | 59600 | 0.3928 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 125 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 127 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.0851 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 128 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 129 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 130 | Kettering University | 37600 | 71800 | 0.4763 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 131 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 132 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 133 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38200 | 60200 | 0.3647 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 134 | Manhattan University | 38500 | 73700 | 0.4776 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 135 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 136 | Drexel University | 39400 | 107600 | 0.6336 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 138 | University of Mississippi | 40000 | 60300 | 0.3366 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 138 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 140 | University of Maine | 40200 | 56000 | 0.2823 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 141 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40700 | 51300 | 0.2066 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | University at Buffalo | 41500 | 46400 | 0.1057 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 144 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 68700 | 0.3772 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 147 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 148 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1855 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 149 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 150 | University of New Haven | 46300 | 107200 | 0.5681 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 151 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 151 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47100 | 53300 | 0.1162 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 153 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62000 | 0.2335 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 154 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 155 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 156 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 158 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 159 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 95600 | 0.473 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 161 | University of Kentucky | 51200 | 74100 | 0.3093 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 163 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 164 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 165 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 166 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 167 | Howard University | 54900 | 67300 | 0.1842 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 168 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 169 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 170 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 171 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 172 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 62600 | 65000 | 0.0369 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 173 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 174 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.