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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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.952 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40700 | 0.859 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7100 | 90200 | 0.9212 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7400 | 102300 | 0.9278 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 98200 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.91 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | University of Tulsa | 9800 | 63100 | 0.8452 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 16 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11700 | 30200 | 0.6134 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 21 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 22 | Lafayette College | 12300 | 87100 | 0.8582 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 25 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3977 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13800 | 60900 | 0.7736 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 35 | Bucknell University | 14900 | 89800 | 0.8344 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 37 | Stanford University | 15000 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 38 | University of Maine | 15200 | 29300 | 0.4815 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 40 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4332 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 41 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 42 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15900 | 24200 | 0.3436 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15900 | 89400 | 0.8216 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 44 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 45 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 45 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 47 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16600 | 42900 | 0.6125 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 49 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 31500 | 0.4604 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 52 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3737 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 55 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7999 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18200 | 28100 | 0.3519 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18600 | 30500 | 0.3899 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 60 | Villanova University | 18700 | 88100 | 0.7876 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 62 | University of Houston | 20100 | 28400 | 0.2926 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 64 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 60700 | 0.6639 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 67 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 40600 | 0.4962 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 26100 | 0.2142 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 22000 | 44400 | 0.5042 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 72 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22100 | 80400 | 0.7248 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 73 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 74 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 75 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 76 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 53400 | 0.5772 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 77 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 79 | Marian University | 23500 | 59800 | 0.6066 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 80 | Lamar University | 23600 | 37700 | 0.3738 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 81 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 82 | University of Dayton | 24200 | 64400 | 0.624 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 84 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 39400 | 0.3529 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 84 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25500 | 32900 | 0.2268 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 86 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 87 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 88 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 88 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 90 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31300 | 0.1362 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 92 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 40700 | 0.3212 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27700 | 33300 | 0.1671 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 96 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 97 | Clarkson University | 28400 | 78000 | 0.6361 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 98 | Colorado School of Mines | 28800 | 36200 | 0.2045 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 98 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 100 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 29100 | 38600 | 0.2462 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 104 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 105 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 105 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 107 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 108 | Drexel University | 31400 | 84100 | 0.6269 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 109 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | Western Michigan University | 31800 | 37900 | 0.1609 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 112 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 113 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 115 | University of Louisville | 32500 | 42100 | 0.2278 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 116 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59400 | 0.4461 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33600 | 75200 | 0.5533 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 118 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 119 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 120 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 122 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 123 | University of South Alabama | 36200 | 40200 | 0.0996 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 124 | Rowan University | 36700 | 53600 | 0.3151 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 125 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 126 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 127 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 127 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 129 | Kettering University | 37700 | 98700 | 0.6183 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 130 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37900 | 55500 | 0.3174 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 131 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 38800 | 44400 | 0.1254 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 132 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 133 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 134 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55300 | 0.2516 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 135 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 136 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 58500 | 0.2648 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 137 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 138 | Kansas State University | 44500 | 48400 | 0.0811 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 139 | Widener University | 45700 | 78400 | 0.417 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 140 | University of New Haven | 45900 | 70700 | 0.3506 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 141 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 142 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 143 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 144 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 144 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1896 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 48700 | 57000 | 0.1457 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 147 | University of California-San Diego | 49000 | 79600 | 0.3843 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 149 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49400 | 67600 | 0.2693 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 150 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50000 | 85400 | 0.4147 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 151 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64400 | 0.2158 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 152 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 153 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 154 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 155 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 156 | University of California-Berkeley | 51900 | 76600 | 0.3224 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 157 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 158 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 160 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | Michigan Technological University | 55600 | 55600 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 164 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 167 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 168 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 169 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 170 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 171 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.