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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5400 | 82400 | 0.9341 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6800 | 90200 | 0.9249 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96500 | 0.9183 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | University of California-Irvine | 9600 | 42100 | 0.7714 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 42500 | 0.7292 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11800 | 30400 | 0.611 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 20 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 84800 | 0.8598 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | University of California-Riverside | 13100 | 36500 | 0.6406 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 26 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 27 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 13600 | 23100 | 0.4114 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14100 | 48200 | 0.7081 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14200 | 28000 | 0.4934 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 35 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 14300 | 53000 | 0.7305 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 36 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 39 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 39 | Wayne State University | 15500 | 32900 | 0.5286 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 41 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 43 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 46 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 16100 | 88600 | 0.8183 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 16400 | 22400 | 0.2684 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 49 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 50 | University of Kansas | 16800 | 37100 | 0.5476 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 51 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 52 | Lamar University | 17300 | 41900 | 0.5871 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 52 | University of California-Berkeley | 17300 | 43500 | 0.6028 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 54 | Prairie View A & M University | 17400 | 49200 | 0.646 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 55 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 56 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 18000 | 50400 | 0.6432 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 57 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 52500 | 0.6571 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18600 | 30600 | 0.3921 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 61 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45000 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 62 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 63 | McNeese State University | 19100 | 32800 | 0.4182 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 64 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 65 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 66 | Western Michigan University | 19700 | 32500 | 0.3943 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 67 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 67 | Texas Tech University | 19800 | 27900 | 0.2906 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 69 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 70 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 71 | University of Tulsa | 20400 | 62900 | 0.6757 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 72 | Kansas State University | 20700 | 28800 | 0.2825 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 72 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 30700 | 0.3231 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 72 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20700 | 32800 | 0.3684 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 76 | Northwestern University | 20800 | 89500 | 0.7679 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 77 | Villanova University | 21300 | 87900 | 0.7577 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 78 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 78 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21400 | 42600 | 0.4991 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 80 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 81 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 82 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 83 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 84 | San Jose State University | 22300 | 41100 | 0.4575 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 85 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 35000 | 0.3372 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 87 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 23400 | 29800 | 0.2139 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 90 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24700 | 26900 | 0.082 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 91 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1232 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 92 | Dordt University | 25000 | 52500 | 0.5235 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 92 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2586 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 94 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25200 | 38500 | 0.3456 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 95 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 96 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 97 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 99 | Tuskegee University | 26100 | 42100 | 0.3805 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 100 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 26800 | 37300 | 0.2817 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0947 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 104 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 105 | Bucknell University | 27400 | 87700 | 0.6871 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 105 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41600 | 0.341 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 107 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 108 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 110 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 111 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 38100 | 0.2439 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 41600 | 0.302 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 114 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 115 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33700 | 0.1218 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 117 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 118 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31500 | 59600 | 0.4712 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 119 | University of Dayton | 31900 | 64200 | 0.5032 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 120 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 121 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 123 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 124 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 125 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 35200 | 75200 | 0.532 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 126 | University of New Haven | 35500 | 67100 | 0.471 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 127 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 127 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36100 | 56800 | 0.3642 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 129 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 130 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 131 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 131 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 133 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | Kettering University | 38400 | 83800 | 0.5418 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 135 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 135 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 137 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 140 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 141 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 142 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54700 | 0.2212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 145 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 146 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 147 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 148 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 151 | Widener University | 45500 | 78400 | 0.4196 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 152 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 153 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 154 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 155 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 156 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1377 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 158 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.423 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 159 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 160 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 162 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 163 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.