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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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4300 | 83400 | 0.9484 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis | 7800 | 102300 | 0.9233 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 6 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University | 8000 | 98200 | 0.9189 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 94600 | 0.9108 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9033 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | University of Tulsa | 10000 | 63100 | 0.842 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 16 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8903 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 18 | Lafayette College | 11700 | 91000 | 0.871 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 19 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 20 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 23 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 14000 | 60900 | 0.7703 | 1,278 | 1025 | 0.3668 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 14100 | 21800 | 0.3531 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 26 | Bucknell University | 14400 | 95700 | 0.85 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 26 | New York University | 14400 | 92100 | 0.8437 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 26 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 29 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 30 | University of California-Riverside | 15100 | 66000 | 0.7716 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 31 | Stanford University | 15500 | 1932000 | 0.992 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 15500 | 73100 | 0.7876 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | University of Maine | 15600 | 29300 | 0.4678 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 34 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 35 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17000 | 41200 | 0.588 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 35 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 27800 | 0.3888 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4198 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3375 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 39 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17700 | 31500 | 0.4382 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 39 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 41 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17800 | 44100 | 0.5967 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 41 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 43 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2953 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 44 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7976 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 45 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 48 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 50 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 76400 | 0.7308 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 20700 | 47400 | 0.5634 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 53 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 54 | Rowan University | 21300 | 41300 | 0.4845 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 54 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 21300 | 28400 | 0.2488 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21800 | 33600 | 0.3509 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 57 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 58 | University of Kansas | 22300 | 44400 | 0.4974 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 59 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 61 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22600 | 80400 | 0.7186 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 64 | University of South Dakota | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1327 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 65 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23700 | 36100 | 0.3432 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 66 | Marian University | 23800 | 59800 | 0.6016 | 2,378 | 1085 | 0.9546 | |
| 67 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 23900 | 44400 | 0.4611 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 68 | Lamar University | 24100 | 37700 | 0.3606 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 69 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 24200 | 34500 | 0.2988 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 71 | University of Dayton | 24400 | 64400 | 0.6209 | 7,252 | 1319 | 0.6659 | |
| 72 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2091 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 73 | University of South Florida | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 74 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 75 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 39400 | 0.3453 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 76 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 77 | Trine University | 26400 | 56100 | 0.5292 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 78 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 26900 | 32000 | 0.1583 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 44700 | 0.393 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 80 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 81 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38800 | 0.2886 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 82 | Wayne State University | 28400 | 46800 | 0.3934 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 83 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 84 | Clarkson University | 29100 | 78000 | 0.6271 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 85 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 34200 | 0.1256 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 86 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 87 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 88 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78300 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 88 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 90 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 91 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 92 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 93 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 94 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 94 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 94 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 97 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 98 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 98 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 100 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 59400 | 0.4478 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 101 | University of Louisville | 32900 | 42100 | 0.2183 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 102 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 103 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 104 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 105 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34800 | 59100 | 0.4109 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 106 | University of Illinois Chicago | 35000 | 51300 | 0.3177 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 107 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35300 | 38500 | 0.0831 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 109 | Colorado School of Mines | 36000 | 62900 | 0.4279 | 6,195 | 1399 | 0.6069 | |
| 109 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 111 | Texas Tech University | 36200 | 41000 | 0.1172 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 112 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 113 | University of South Alabama | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0847 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 115 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 116 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 118 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 119 | Widener University | 37600 | 79400 | 0.5266 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 120 | Kettering University | 37800 | 98700 | 0.6173 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 122 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 123 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 124 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 40100 | 83500 | 0.5196 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 125 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 126 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 127 | University of Mississippi | 40500 | 45200 | 0.1039 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 128 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 129 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55300 | 0.2316 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 130 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 131 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 132 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 58500 | 0.2579 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 133 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0932 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 134 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 135 | University of New Haven | 45700 | 70700 | 0.3534 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 136 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 137 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 137 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 139 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 139 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 62400 | 0.2271 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 142 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48500 | 86200 | 0.4375 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 143 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 59900 | 0.182 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 144 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 144 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 49200 | 57000 | 0.1369 | 8,219 | 1100 | 0.9485 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 147 | University of California-San Diego | 49400 | 79600 | 0.3793 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 148 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49800 | 85400 | 0.417 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 149 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50400 | 58900 | 0.1443 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 150 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 151 | Manhattan University | 51100 | 72900 | 0.2989 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 151 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 153 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51500 | 64400 | 0.2003 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 154 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 155 | University of California-Berkeley | 52400 | 76600 | 0.3159 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 156 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 157 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 157 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 159 | The University of Alabama | 53600 | 58000 | 0.0759 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2211 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 162 | Howard University | 55300 | 88500 | 0.3753 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63600 | 0.085 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | University of California-Davis | 67800 | 69900 | 0.03 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 170 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75000 | 0.0413 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.