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Considering a degree in Chemical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Chemical Engineering majors who live in South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology | 4900 | 90300 | 0.9456 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 4900 | 88600 | 0.9446 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 5800 | 81800 | 0.9289 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 7100 | 94100 | 0.9248 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | CUNY City College | 7800 | 31200 | 0.7501 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 95000 | 0.9167 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9700 | 30100 | 0.6768 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 16 | Brigham Young University | 11200 | 29000 | 0.6134 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 17 | Lafayette College | 11800 | 85800 | 0.863 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12200 | 27200 | 0.5522 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 20 | New York University | 12600 | 91800 | 0.8625 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 22 | University of California-San Diego | 12800 | 34000 | 0.6231 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13600 | 24400 | 0.4431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 26 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24900 | 0.425 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14400 | 23600 | 0.3896 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 30 | Lehigh University | 14500 | 85700 | 0.8313 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 31300 | 0.5308 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 32 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 33 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 34 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15200 | 87300 | 0.8257 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 35 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 36 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 16700 | 30900 | 0.4603 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 38 | University of Southern California | 17000 | 76000 | 0.7763 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 39 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 40 | University of Georgia | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3594 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 17400 | 89900 | 0.8068 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 42 | Bucknell University | 17600 | 88400 | 0.8007 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 43 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 17800 | 34900 | 0.4905 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3236 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 46 | Tufts University | 18100 | 92400 | 0.8045 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 47 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18300 | 78300 | 0.7664 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 49 | University of Maine | 18400 | 29000 | 0.3659 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 51 | University of Louisville | 18700 | 29100 | 0.3577 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 52 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 53 | McNeese State University | 19300 | 29200 | 0.3395 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 54 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 54 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 56 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 56 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19900 | 28200 | 0.2943 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 56 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 59 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 61 | Wayne State University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3751 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | West Virginia University | 21100 | 28800 | 0.2676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 64 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 21200 | 26900 | 0.2121 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 64 | Western Michigan University | 21200 | 32300 | 0.3437 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 66 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 67 | University of South Dakota | 22800 | 26000 | 0.1232 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 68 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 68 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 23700 | 29900 | 0.2077 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 72 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3397 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 73 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24100 | 24500 | 0.0163 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 74 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 75 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24500 | 83600 | 0.7072 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 76 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24600 | 71600 | 0.6567 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 77 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 24800 | 39900 | 0.3786 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
| 78 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 24900 | 40700 | 0.388 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 79 | Tuskegee University | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4066 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 80 | Montana State University | 25300 | 31400 | 0.1942 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25300 | 32200 | 0.2142 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 82 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52300 | 0.5122 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 84 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 85 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 86 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27000 | 30400 | 0.1135 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 88 | Lamar University | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2782 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas | 27200 | 30800 | 0.1172 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 90 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 92 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 93 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 94 | Iowa State University | 28100 | 42800 | 0.3427 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | University of Tulsa | 28300 | 62700 | 0.5489 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 97 | California State University-Long Beach | 28500 | 38400 | 0.2581 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 99 | Clarkson University | 28600 | 78000 | 0.6335 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 100 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 101 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
| 101 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 101 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29000 | 78100 | 0.6288 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 105 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29400 | 55800 | 0.4732 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 107 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 108 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 109 | University of South Alabama | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 110 | San Jose State University | 30800 | 41000 | 0.2486 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 111 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 112 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 52900 | 0.4123 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 113 | University of Houston | 31700 | 35200 | 0.0995 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 114 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32100 | 36400 | 0.118 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 116 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 117 | Widener University | 32700 | 75300 | 0.5655 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 118 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32800 | 38500 | 0.1481 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 118 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33000 | 54600 | 0.3954 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 121 | University of Dayton | 33300 | 64100 | 0.4805 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
| 122 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34200 | 74600 | 0.5419 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 124 | Prairie View A & M University | 34700 | 39600 | 0.1238 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 124 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 126 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 127 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35700 | 49600 | 0.28 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 128 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 36000 | 43500 | 0.1725 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 129 | Tennessee Technological University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0572 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 130 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 131 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 132 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 37700 | 46700 | 0.1927 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
| 133 | Kettering University | 38500 | 66900 | 0.4246 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 134 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2702 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 134 | University of New Haven | 38600 | 64900 | 0.405 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 137 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2627 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 139 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 140 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 141 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43200 | 54900 | 0.2133 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 143 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 52900 | 0.1815 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 144 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 144 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 146 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 147 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 148 | University of California-Riverside | 44100 | 66400 | 0.3358 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 148 | University of Florida | 44100 | 45600 | 0.0329 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 150 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 151 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47600 | 85700 | 0.4444 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 153 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49000 | 85800 | 0.4288 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 154 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 81000 | 0.38 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 155 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50600 | 52300 | 0.0325 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51100 | 56300 | 0.0923 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 159 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 160 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 161 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 162 | University of California-Irvine | 55500 | 64800 | 0.1435 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 163 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 164 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 165 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 166 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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.