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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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4300 | 82600 | 0.9479 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9174 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 8 | California Institute of Technology | 8300 | 91800 | 0.9096 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 12 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 14 | Bucknell University | 11200 | 95700 | 0.8834 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11400 | 86200 | 0.8682 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 17 | University of Tulsa | 11600 | 62900 | 0.8153 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 85800 | 0.8641 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 20 | University of Chicago | 12100 | 95500 | 0.873 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0456 | |
| 21 | University of California-San Diego | 12200 | 39700 | 0.6926 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 21 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12200 | 29100 | 0.5812 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25000 | 0.4793 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 24 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 25 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4858 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13300 | 17900 | 0.2577 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13500 | 24700 | 0.4537 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 29 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13800 | 43000 | 0.679 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 14500 | 22000 | 0.3403 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14700 | 36200 | 0.5939 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 34 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15700 | 24900 | 0.369 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 39 | Western Michigan University | 15800 | 26500 | 0.4042 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.553 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 42 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 34900 | 0.5274 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 44 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17200 | 35700 | 0.5183 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 49 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 50 | University of Louisville | 18000 | 29100 | 0.3818 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 53 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 54 | Youngstown State University | 18700 | 34000 | 0.45 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 55 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 55 | Texas Tech University | 18900 | 27100 | 0.3031 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 55 | University of California-Berkeley | 18900 | 43500 | 0.566 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 58 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3811 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 59 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 60 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 60 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 60 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 63 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 64 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 67 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20800 | 31900 | 0.348 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 68 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 69 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 21600 | 28400 | 0.2391 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 70 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 70 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 70 | Marian University | 21800 | 59800 | 0.635 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 74 | New York University | 22400 | 91800 | 0.7556 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 22600 | 27100 | 0.1658 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 76 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 79 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 31000 | 0.2579 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 80 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.349 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 83 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24100 | 24900 | 0.0321 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 85 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24200 | 44400 | 0.4549 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 86 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 87 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27500 | 0.1019 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 88 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 89 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 90 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25300 | 30600 | 0.1732 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 91 | University of Dayton | 25500 | 64200 | 0.6029 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25600 | 40500 | 0.368 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32800 | 0.2164 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 94 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 94 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 97 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 98 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 98 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 100 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 102 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 103 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 104 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 105 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 106 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0946 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 107 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 108 | Iowa State University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3446 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 110 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 113 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31200 | 38500 | 0.1897 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 118 | Lamar University | 31700 | 38300 | 0.1724 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 119 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 120 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 121 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 123 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 45100 | 0.2727 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 125 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 126 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33400 | 49500 | 0.3256 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 128 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 129 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33900 | 70200 | 0.5174 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 130 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 131 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34600 | 41000 | 0.1569 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 132 | University of Rhode Island | 34900 | 46400 | 0.2476 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 135 | Colorado School of Mines | 36100 | 60100 | 0.3993 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 53100 | 0.3181 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 138 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 139 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 141 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 142 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 143 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 144 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 145 | University of Maine | 39900 | 45200 | 0.1173 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 146 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 147 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40800 | 50600 | 0.1937 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 148 | Wayne State University | 40800 | 46200 | 0.1169 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 150 | University of New Haven | 41300 | 67300 | 0.3862 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 151 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41700 | 83200 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 56200 | 0.2474 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 153 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 154 | Widener University | 43200 | 79400 | 0.4561 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 155 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 157 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46400 | 86300 | 0.4621 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 158 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 160 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 61300 | 0.2136 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 161 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 162 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 163 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 164 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 165 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 166 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 167 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 83600 | 0.4006 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 168 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 169 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 170 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 171 | Howard University | 55300 | 66500 | 0.1685 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 172 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 173 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 174 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75600 | 0.049 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.